Scott Westerfeld

I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are for.

When the term 'machine gun' enters common parlance, the word 'machine' becomes much more sinister.

Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.