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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I never learned to read music.

I never learned to read music.

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...

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

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

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

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.

I write in American slang.

I write in American slang.

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 believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

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...

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...

Is anything accidental?

Is anything accidental?

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading...

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading...

You can really do more than you think you can do.

You can really do more than you think you can do.

I was a precocious reader.

I was a precocious reader.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

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...

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

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...

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.

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...