10 Questions for Randy Pausch

He's a Carnegie Mellon professor with terminal cancer. His stirring final speech became an Internet sensation and the basis for a new book, The Last Lecture . Randy Pausch will now take your questions

Richard Robinson for TIME

Randy Pausch photographed in Virginia in 2008

He's a Carnegie Mellon professor with terminal cancer. His stirring final speech became an Internet sensation and the basis for a new book, The Last Lecture. Randy Pausch will now take your questions

From your lecture, you seem like a very modest person. How are you handling the adulation? — Vernon Hines, Columbia, Md.
First off, I reject the premise. Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws. As for handling the response from people, this has been a tough time, and it has been greatly buoying to my...

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