For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.

I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

Ask any woman who has gone through a divorce and had her standard of living decline substantially. Ask any woman who's been fired or 'reorg'ed out' and had to scramble to take a job she didn't want. Ask any woman who wanted to quit a job but couldn't afford to. Investing is possibly the best career advice women aren't getting.

The show changed my life in so many remarkable ways. Now in my 82nd year, I have been blessed with a wonderful 67-year career with 'Hee Haw' as the icing on the cake.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

When a nanotech company matures and becomes a real business, it becomes something else. It becomes a biotech company or a cleantech company or a memory chip company. Nanotechnology has fueled the core innovations in electronics and energy.