We sat around on a hotel balcony with a bottle of wine and tried to figure out how you would go about blowing up a planet. That's the kind of conversations science fiction writers have when they get together. We…

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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 always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a...

I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...