I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness.

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Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Is anything accidental?

Is anything accidental?

I was a precocious reader.

I was a precocious reader.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

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.

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.

I write in American slang.

I write in American slang.

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...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

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...

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.

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...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

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...

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

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

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...

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 never learned to read music.

I never learned to read music.