Hardship makes the world obscure.

I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts.

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail.

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?

I'm working on my own work, my own publishing company.

As a CEO, you get sucked into dealing with all the tasks of being a CEO. There's a big meeting, a big discussion, and you get into all the big issues, which is your job. But what CEOs often lose sight of is that it's all about the people who work for you. For every 1,000 decisions, 999 were being made when I was not in the room.

Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.

Some people see writing as a white-collar career, but I've always approached it as a blue-collar writer.