I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both happened to move to New Mexico at about the same time, when we each had a family of young kids to raise. Socializing seemed to…

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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...

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...

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 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...

Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into...

Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into...

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...

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.

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.

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 have some good stories yet to tell.

I have some good stories yet to tell.

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...

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...

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two...

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two...

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...

My gut feeling is that paper and ink are going to be with us for...

My gut feeling is that paper and ink are going to be with us for...

I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the...

I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the...

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...

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...

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.

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...