I really enjoy tech, but I'm not voracious - I'll find stuff because I want to use it, not because I'm interested in what's out there. It's a sort of necessity relationship.

The topography of L.A. is fascinating.

I was very into tribal techno and used to go and really lose myself in great dance music.

I lived in L.A. for a year when I was four - my dad was doing a sabbatical at UCLA - so it always remained quite a familiar place.

I really liked writing rhyming poems and plays.