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The novelist explains that high expectations and a desire for fame are increasingly becoming distractions for young people today.

“I have to remember that young people are living in this world today and I have to be advised by them as they are advised by me,” says Mosley.

“There is no painter who painted only one painting and that was a masterpiece,” says Mosley. But that doesn’t mean you can write a lot of bad books and still […]

Nothing, according to Mosley. He wakes up early every day so he can write before most people even read their morning paper.

“My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world,” says Mosley. Too many aspiring writers forget about the first half of […]

Mosley thinks his background as a programmer is evident in his writing: “Often when I write about computer programmers I’ll write about the way that they see the world and […]

The author writes 1000 words a day. The next day he edits the prior day’s 1000 words and writes 1000 more. A dedicated schedule, he says, is what gets stories […]

The novelist explains why was inspired to get inside the head of someone suffering from the brain disorder.

A conversation with the novelist.

The key to writing is concentration, not inspiration, says the author. It requires deep attention to your characters, to the world they live in, and to the story you have […]

Asked how we should strive to discuss terrorism and Islam, the author suggests a better way of looking at the struggle in the Middle East is to view it as a battle within Islam over modernity rather than a battle between Islam and the West.

Salman Rushdie says that when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decreed that he should be killed in 1989 it wasn’t so great for his love life.

The author is inspired by his friend Christopher Hitchens’ heroic effort to live, to write, and to continue to be himself even while he very publicly battles cancer.

Western writers have always given themselves the freedom to write about any subject. But if a writer from the Third World wanted to write a book set in Illinois, people […]

People tend to focus on the “magic” more than the “realism.” But, like all fiction, fantasy arrives at truth via the road of untruth.

Rushdie is fascinated by video games like “Red Dead Redemption,” which allows gamers much more agency to choose the path they take through the narrative. Will all storytelling have to […]

The new film does not, as the director has claimed, portray “original” burlesque. It should just be called “Nightclub,” says the burlesque scholar.

In dealing with the disease, it’s important to get an understanding of the process from people who have been through it. You also need to stay true to yourself.

The financial crisis showed how important it is to have a safe, yet robust financial system to fund the growth of small, medium, and large companies. Curbing excesses is clearly […]

Hollywood caricatures capitalism as a zero-sum game. But all of Facebook’s stakeholders have done extraordinarily well—including Eduardo Saverin.

Technological innovation requires risk and sacrifice, which may be very hard to do if you have an enormous debt burden to try to repay.

In this Summer School for the Real World feature, PayPal founder Peter Thiel says people can get locked into rigid tracks too early, preventing them from developing their interests and […]

California is still the best place for tech companies to do business. But colonies on offshore platforms might one day become our centers of innovation.

A conversation with the venture capitalist.

During the next 20 years, the plan for China and India is basically to catch up to the U.S.—to get 19th century plumbing and 20th century railroads. That is not […]

There has been lots of innovation recently in areas without regulation—heavily regulated fields like transportation, health care, and energy have been much slower to progress.

The venture capitalist agrees with Bill Gates that the free market often fails to encourage long-term innovation. But governments are not the solution.

Positive psychologists have found a series of scientifically-proven ways for you live a happier life.