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I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind.

I love writing for the screen.

Most authors would love to see their characters made for the screen, especially one that's quite colourful.

I've sold scripts in the past, and also a TV pilot that didn't get made, to Fox. But yeah, I've been writing for a while.

I've been using the same editor, thankfully, she's been sticking with me, but I've been doing it full-on guerilla style... I haven't gotten any public sponsor or anything, because I don't want to seem like I'm trying to sell any particular thing.

I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.

The deal is that you can do it, you don't really owe me anything, but at the end of it, I own the film. Then I can actually go out and reprint or not reprint if it I want.

If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.

I think if I've worked anything through with screenwriting it's that I'm not going to be able to work anything through.