It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of my imagination just waiting there. Once I lit it, it just flared up and I kept getting ideas and ideas.

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I think that somebody with the resources and innovation and the idea is going to...

I think that somebody with the resources and innovation and the idea is going to...

Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that.

Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that.

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...

Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put...

Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put...

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.

We wanted to write the first prequels as a story that anyone could pick up.

We wanted to write the first prequels as a story that anyone could pick up.

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.

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...

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...

Of course you don't make any noise in space, because there's no air.

Of course you don't make any noise in space, because there's no air.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use...

Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use...

The people who make policy decisions should damned well know what they are talking about...

The people who make policy decisions should damned well know what they are talking about...

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...

One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to...

One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to...