“Mostly I sat down and said, 'I'm not going to write a boring story.' A...” — Paolo Bacigalupi Quote

“Mostly I sat down and said, 'I'm not going to write a boring story.' And that actually, surprisingly, solves most of your problems.”

“Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids.”

“Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.”

“I haven't sat down and memorized the language of Elvish, and anyone who does that is crazy!”

“My father passed away in 2005, and day after, I sat in my flat in Woolwich on my bed, and I feel that I saw him.”

“I would love a radio show, a bit like when Nicky Byrne sat in for Ryan Tubridy.”