I think that getting responsibility and structure are huge parts of growing up.

I've certainly been someone who has loved to mine the trials and tribulations of growing up in general, and the people who are in our lives, and I don't mind pulling from them and writing things down on my phone that my family says.

Writing sketches, you're also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to bigger things.

If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer's block or how to deal with any problem that can come up - whether you're writing about yourself or a group of people, I find that very interesting.

The Internet shapes my life and work so completely that I couldn't imagine living without it.

In creating the silkpunk aesthetic, I was influenced by the ideas of W. Brian Arthur, who articulates a vision of technology as a language.

Virtual Self' was me trying to paint a picture of a very foggy, distorted memory that I had of electronic music on the internet.

I think a lot of jobs, with that additional artificial intelligence, we can augment human capabilities and impact.