Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so. Iain Banks animalcerebralread Change image and share on social
I love writing and can't imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult I wouldn't be doing it. I do admire writers who do it even though it costs them. Iain Banks admirecostdifficult Change image and share on social
By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films. Iain Banks badbookfilm Change image and share on social
I don't really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just trying to get a story out there. Iain Banks accidentallybookemergent Change image and share on social
Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons. Iain Banks instantlylegalpeople Change image and share on social
You get so caught up in what you're writing - action sequences tend to do that more than anything else because you're living it, and feeling for your characters. Iain Banks actioncatchcharacter Change image and share on social
As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of. Iain Banks alterclevercomeback Change image and share on social
I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese. Iain Banks americanbackblade Change image and share on social
Even in my side of the world, I've been in publishing for what, 25 or 26 years, and it's gone from being a gentlemen's club to being a few big players, and it's very corporatised. Iain Banks bigclubcorporatised Change image and share on social
I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness. Iain Banks argueconsciousnessexhibit Change image and share on social