I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake and it really wasn't. I have drawers full of - or I did have…

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Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of...

Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of...

I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a...

I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a...

I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.

I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.

I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do...

I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do...

I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source...

I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source...

The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief.

The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief.

The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to...

The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to...

There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done...

There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done...

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my...

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my...

I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do...

I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do...

More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with...

More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with...

I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the...

I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the...

And what we know, or think we know, about the universe of space and time...

And what we know, or think we know, about the universe of space and time...

The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep...

The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep...

At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making...

At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making...

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction...

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction...

Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history.

Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history.

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of...

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of...

Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable...

Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable...

The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet.

The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet.