Here is an interview with Ted Chiang where he talks at some length about writing, philosophy, religion, etc.
I find both areas of agreement and disagreement at various points. He’s on surer footing when he talks about computers and software than other topics.
He does say a couple of thought provoking things. Like his bit about potential relationships between symbolic or symbol laden languages, computer code, and DNA is kind of intriguing to me.
Epistle of Dude 