There Are A Lot Of Idiots In

Cash Is Always The Deciding Factor In Such Matters Of Moral Politics; Nothing Ever Gets Done Unless Motivated By Commerce Or Greed.

The Inspiration Comes From Everywhere, From What I Grew Up With. There's So Much Silliness And Nonsense In The World That We Regard As Normal Working Procedure. The Satirical Point Of The View May Be To Counterpoint That. The Way We Look At Classics Has Been Hijacked By The Intelligentsia - Shakespeare Is Highbrow And Seen As Something Clever People Do, Which Isn't Right At All. I Basically Pull Inspiration From Everywhere.

History Has Rewritten Itself So Many Times I'm Not Really Sure How It Was To Begin With -- It's A Bit Like Trying To Guess The Original Color Of A Wall When It's Been Repainted Eight Times.

...the Landscape Inside Lord Of The Rings Was So Stunning And So Stupendous That It Could Be Absorbed As A Form Of Nourishment.

There Is A Certain Degree Of Steampunkishness That Creeps Into My Books.