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.

Sure, President Bush can say that the U.S. government won't fund stem cell research, but believe me, Japan is applauding. Because they will just do it first and get all the patents.

I mean, I wasn't stupid. I knew we'd make money and sell a lot of Dune books.

Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets.

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.

Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too.

There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the stars themselves begin to die.