One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe.

In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather.

I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm, feeding and watering all these rats. Then I got a full-time job as a technical writer for a large scientific research laboratory.

Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put a message in a bottle and hope that it lands somewhere? I'd rather have actual people be there. Whether they look like Americans or like the inhabitants of some other country, depends on who has the most drive.

No, no, no - you don't argue with concepts. You have to claim Dogma, and therefore leave no room for rational thought.

I think now I'm up to something like 85 different titles that I've published.

My wife and I are involved in writing/publishing/promotion twenty-four/seven. It isn't a day job; it's life.