My characters are all kind of geek archetypes of people I've encountered at gaming and comic book conventions.

I feel like I was hit by all of geek culture at once while I was growing up in the '70s and '80s. Saturday morning cartoons like 'Star Blazers' and 'Robotech.' Live action Japanese shows like 'Ultraman' and 'The Space Giants.'

The clans began to bombard the outer force field with rockets, missiles, nukes, and harsh language.

I've heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself.

I was one of the boys who made passes at girls who wore glasses. Any girl who was smarter than me - that was a huge turn-on.

Steven Spielberg making a Ready Player One movie is going to change the course of human history as pertains to how quickly virtual reality is adopted. He's going to shows the whole world the potential of VR, which is one of the reasons I think he's doing it. Once you have to compose for 360 degrees, and a movie is different every time you watch it depending on where you choose to look, it's like the dawn of a new era.

I created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn't know how to connect with the people there.