If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that eventually that I'd become very successful writing Dune books after Frank Herbert's death, I would have laughed myself silly, I think, at how strange that prospect would…

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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...

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...

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 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 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...

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 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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too.

Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...