Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged.

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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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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'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...

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...

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...

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...

There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of...

There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of...

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...

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every...

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every...

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...

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...