It's important to not be afraid of failure and to push yourself to try things and jump in the cold water. There are incredible, beautiful opportunities out there.
I believe in currently unexplainable things, magic can get dicey.
When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of songwriting.
I think everything obviously comes from experience of some kind. It's more about if you closely adhere to that experience or if you extrapolate from it.
I would of course like to think I've never done a truly despicable thing, but then again you don't always know.
I went to a commune with my parents when I was a kid and everyone else got given cool spirit animals like tigers and panthers. I got a mouse.
So long as I could write things down I could give up talking for a VERY long time.
Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else.
We have to change the culture of mass violence we have.
[On power:] Some people really have almost a disdain for that word. They feel it is alien to conscience. Power for power's sake, no. But the positive use of power for positive purposes is very important. You have to understand that. You've got to have a seat at the policy table if you want to make a difference.