Scott Westerfeld

I found a great book called 'Slang Through the Ages' by Jonathon Green. It's basically a thesaurus of historical slang, and had lots of great old uses.

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

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

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.

I'm really anti-option, so computers have been my nightmare with recording. I don't want endless tracks; I want less tracks. I want decisions to be made.

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.