Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa. — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant. — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven. — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I don't really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“To the people who insist they really do have a great idea but they just can't write, I'd say that given some… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all! — Iain Banks Copy Share
“The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side while they themselves had remained, made proof against… — Iain Banks Copy Share
All you ever were was a little bit of the universe, thinking to itself. Very specific; this bit, here, right now. All the rest… — Iain Banks Copy Share
“We're not in prison, we're not junkies and we're not Young Tories...it's no small achievement.” — Iain Banks Copy Share
Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get… — Iain Banks Copy Share
“Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a… — Iain Banks Copy Share
If you have any helpful suggestions I'd be pleased to hear them. If all you can do is make snide insinuations then it would… — Iain Banks Copy Share
“He hit and fatally injured my innocent and unfortunate uncle whose muttered last words in hospital, before his coma became a full stop, were:… — Iain Banks Copy Share
There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of… — Iain Banks Copy Share
