I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat....

I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat....

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

I have some good stories yet to tell.

I have some good stories yet to tell.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...