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Realistically, the chance of any book becoming a film is slim.

I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.

Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction.

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.

Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.

I'm excited about how books work in a digital age. When you read a book, unlike a film, you are decoding symbols in order to 'see' the story, so it is collaborative in a way that a film can never be.

I've read one too many thrillers that had really horrible technology in them.

That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think.

I have this long-running idea that the distinction between fiction and nonfiction is not just, 'Did it happen or didn't it happen?' It's one of form.