As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography.

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There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

You can really do more than you think you can do.

You can really do more than you think you can do.

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's...

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's...

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix,...

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix,...

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization,...

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization,...

I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can...

I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can...

When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you...

When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you...

I was a precocious reader.

I was a precocious reader.

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing...

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing...

Is anything accidental?

Is anything accidental?

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

I write in American slang.

I write in American slang.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I never learned to read music.

I never learned to read music.

In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.

In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand...

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand...

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary...

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary...