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Among The Reasons That You Go Into Journalism, I Suppose, Are Some Rather Idealistic, Even Foolish Reasons. In My Case One Of The Reasons Was I Wanted To Explain How Things Really Work, How Political Power Really Works.

You Can Lose A Reader In A Blink Of An Eye. If A Person Is An Engineer Or Chemist Or An Anthropologist Or Whatever, You Spoil The Whole Book For That Person If There's Obviously Ignorance Here. What's Wrong With So Much Science Fiction Is That The Science Is So Lousy That It Isn't Worth Paying Attention To.

If It's Coming Near The End Of A Chapter And I'm Really Getting Into It, I Tend To Get Up Earlier And Earlier, Just Because I'm Excited To Get To Work.

You Can Use A Biography To Examine Political Power, But Only If You Pick The Right Guy.

My Predictions Are Notably Inaccurate