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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I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm,...

I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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'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...