I Sold My Very First Novel When

Well, I Know That George Lucas Doesn't Like It At All. When I Was Working On The Illustrated Star Wars Universe, He Told Me That He Would Be Happy If Every Copy Could Be Tracked Down And Smashed.

I Mean, I Wasn't Stupid. I Knew We'd Make Money And Sell A Lot Of Dune Books.

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.

My Total Year's Income From Working As Hard As I Possibly Could From Writing Went From Like $30 One Year To About $70 The Next Year. And It Made Me Realize That Maybe You Couldn't Really Pay The Rent That Way.

It Was Like There Was A Pile Of Kindling That Was In The Back Of My Imagination Just Waiting There. Once I Lit It, It Just Flared Up And I Kept Getting Ideas And Ideas.