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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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.

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...

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...

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'm talking to you and it's basically a direct communication, whereas if I'm writing a...

I'm talking to you and it's basically a direct communication, whereas if I'm writing a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...