I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing papers about cutting-edge technical research and getting paid for it. Then I'd go home at night and turn what I learned into science fiction stories.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

The great secret behind classified projects is that most of them are so utterly boring...

The great secret behind classified projects is that most of them are so utterly boring...

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 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 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...