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I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.

'The Martian' may be fiction, but at NASA, we are working to make it a reality.

I started my career as a novelist. 'Veronica Mars' was first imagined as a novel.

It's great that people are interested in Mars.

My grandfather allowed as how I might even live long enough to see a Mars landing. I haven't, of course, except in fiction, including my own, and strongly doubt that I ever will.

I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.

I started out writing stories because that's all I wanted to read, but now I don't know if I'll ever write one again.

I started writing stories in my spare time.

My grandfather read the 'John Carter of Mars' books to me when I was young.