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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If you look at the British royal family and take away the scandals and the...

If you look at the British royal family and take away the scandals and the...

If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that eventually that...

If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that eventually that...

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...

It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of...

It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of...

I had a minor in Russian history, and this was at the time when the...

I had a minor in Russian history, and this was at the time when the...

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.

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...

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'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 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.

Wouldn't you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your...

Wouldn't you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your...

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 got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing...

I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing...

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 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 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.

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.