I think that somebody with the resources and innovation and the idea is going to come out of nowhere and come up with a successful space travel program.

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.

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

A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies

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

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.

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people.

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.

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.

Wouldn't you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your head so you don't have to look everything up and remember everything?

The knight of QB3 is under obligation, the moment the enemy gives him the chance, of undertaking an invasion of the center by Kn-Q5.

I am they type of person that once I make a decision, I must execute. Maybe I am a perfectionist in this way.

Fruits are snacks, which are rich in vitamins, and can be eaten the whole day.

Resistance to change is always the biggest obstacle.

People who face a difficult question often answer an easier one instead, without realizing it.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

I watch ESPN all day long.

It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous.

I wanted to build businesses from the time I was little.

You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions and you have to be able to do it cheaply if you want people to choose that approach.