Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put a message in a bottle and hope that it lands somewhere? I'd rather have actual people be there. Whether they look like Americans or like…

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Sure, President Bush can say that the U.S. government won't fund stem cell research, but...

Sure, President Bush can say that the U.S. government won't fund stem cell research, but...

My total year's income from working as hard as I possibly could from writing went...

My total year's income from working as hard as I possibly could from writing went...

I want to make it so that so many things happen... that you didn't expect...

I want to make it so that so many things happen... that you didn't expect...

We sat around on a hotel balcony with a bottle of wine and tried to...

We sat around on a hotel balcony with a bottle of wine and tried to...

There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of...

There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of...

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't...

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't...

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every...

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every...

Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too.

Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too.

I think now I'm up to something like 85 different titles that I've published.

I think now I'm up to something like 85 different titles that I've published.

I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings,...

I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings,...

Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need...

Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need...

If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots...

If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots...

I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm,...

I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm,...

Telling your story out loud is the way human beings communicate. We don't normally think...

Telling your story out loud is the way human beings communicate. We don't normally think...

I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a...

I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a...

I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's...

I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's...

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember...

I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember...

In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people...

In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people...

I mean, I wasn't stupid. I knew we'd make money and sell a lot of...

I mean, I wasn't stupid. I knew we'd make money and sell a lot of...