To refrigerate a clock was an extremely violent act, not one I could explain to anyone.

We've already seen digital picture frames pre-loaded with viruses; I'm not eager to have my refrigerator hacked or my alarm clock turned against me.

Nostalgia is something we think of as fuzzy. But it's pain. Pain concerning the past.

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

What I find really attractive is something that's going to be a little dangerous. Something that might get me into trouble; you know, you turn up in London and you've just rewritten Dickens. And, of course, then you think, 'What have I done?'

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.