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
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
My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. Iain Banks fictiongenreimportant Change image and share on social
Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities. Iain Banks alternativefictionfind Change image and share on social
I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven. Iain Banks bookdrawessay Change image and share on social
I deliberately keep myself apart from a lot of stuff; I don't Tweet, I don't do Facebook, I don't blog, and that's largely because I spend my working life staring at a screen and hitting a keyboard, I am trying to cut down on that, not increase it. Iain Banks blogcutdeliberately share on social
I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve. Iain Banks peoplepoliticianserve 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
I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're frightened of is to make fun of it. That's why science fiction fans are dismissed as geeks and nerds. Iain Banks changedealdismiss share on social
I just come up with the stories and write them as well as I can. There's not really a great deal of strokey-beard thinking going on. Iain Banks bearddealgreat Change image and share on social
