My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

I mean, I wasn't stupid. I knew we'd make money and sell a lot of...

I mean, I wasn't stupid. I knew we'd make money and sell a lot of...

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 got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing...

I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing...

If you look at the British royal family and take away the scandals and the...

If you look at the British royal family and take away the scandals and the...

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 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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...