One of the things I don't like about film is its incredible immersive quality. It's kind of bullying - it's very big, it's very flashy, it's got a lot of weight and it throws it around almost to the detriment of the rest of our culture.

'Rubberband' is a lot of things, but it's not a flashy record.

Electronics manufacturers in China and the rest of Asia have made product quality a top priority and they are increasingly considering boundary-scan test as an important way of ensuring the quality of the systems they manufacture. ASSET has always committed significant resources to customer support, and we have been able to develop long-standing relationships with many of our users as a result. We expect to do the same in Asia.

It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on a film set.

I could never be the kind of writer who went to the set of the movie and fussed and fretted about, 'Oh, that dialogue's wrong,' or 'That character doesn't look like that.' That would be insufferable.

There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now owned by big conglomerates.