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.

Oh my God, I never really tweet, but there's a moment every day I write one and then delete it.

I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.