Dad was very into electronics, robotics and computers, so I was interested in what he was doing.

In regards to being female, I don't really think about it in the same way that other people do. I prefer to focus on my job rather than my gender. I'm still amazed that people think it's a big deal.

I enjoy co-directing or even being there just for support because you get to see your script come to aural life in front of you.

You can't have bravery without fear...

Games aren't created by writers rocking up to developers saying 'I have this great game story.' It's about establishing relationships and working hand in hand to create something wonderful.

Generally I wouldn't accept work on projects where I didn't agree with the sensibilities behind the main character.

There's always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide.

By the time a writer comes onto a project (if they're being hired as a contractor) the main character has usually been designed, as that's always done during a project's pitching stage.

They are very good reasons why voice acting in games can be so terrible. Writers are in a great position to be able to bridge this gap.

Videogames need more women and are too reliant on male, stubble-covered heroes.

I like to make all my characters interesting. Be they male, female or creatures unknown.

I count my blessings far more than I count my money.

I don't really have a certain format that I go by.

It's important to understand that violent Islam is only one face of violent religion.

Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.

There is no place in which to hide when Age comes seeking for his bride.

When women take care of their health they become their own best friend.

I think the idea was to make a horror film that became a science-fiction film with a lot of melodramatic tropes.

The pen is the lever that moves the world.

We must ask the high cadres ... When you suppressed the rights of others to express freely their political views, did you secure your own?

I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.