Being rewarded for anything other than the quality of their work is the fastest way to screw-up a writer-and it isn't only new ones who suffer from that.

Quote by Greg Egan

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I'm rarely grabbed by anything the way I was when I was 10 years younger....

I'm rarely grabbed by anything the way I was when I was 10 years younger....

I don't have any structured grand plan; I just intend to keep writing about the...

I don't have any structured grand plan; I just intend to keep writing about the...

Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.

Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.

I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published.

I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published.

Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside...

Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside...

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time...

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time...

Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new...

Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new...

Fandom is about fandom, it's a great big social club.

Fandom is about fandom, it's a great big social club.

A story in Asimov's is read by hundreds of thousands of people.

A story in Asimov's is read by hundreds of thousands of people.

I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now...

I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now...

I admire David Lynch so much, and I think he made some bad decisions with...

I admire David Lynch so much, and I think he made some bad decisions with...

I've been taking longer to write stories lately.

I've been taking longer to write stories lately.

Pop science goes flying off in all kinds of fashionable directions, and it often drags...

Pop science goes flying off in all kinds of fashionable directions, and it often drags...