I had a minor in Russian history, and this was at the time when the big Cold War was going on.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

When I was doing preliminary research on this case, I remembered the story about Tlazolteotl.' [Mulder] glanced at the old archaeologist. 'Am I pronouncing it correctly? It sounds like I'm swallowing a turtle.

We wanted to write the first prequels as a story that anyone could pick up.

A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies

I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing papers about cutting-edge technical research and getting paid for it. Then I'd go home at night and turn what I learned into science fiction stories.

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.