"When you say 'design,' everybody thinks of magazine pages. So it's an emotive word. Everybody thinks it's how something looks, whereas for me, design is pretty much everything."

"The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies."

"My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything."

"So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want."

"My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material."

"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues."