I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.

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I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.

I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.

I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take...

I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take...

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books...

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books...

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural...

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural...

After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with...

After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with...

I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.

I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual...

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual...

Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.

Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.

In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them...

In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them...

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and...

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and...

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of...

Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of...

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other...

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other...

My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and...

A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and...

I remember one winter, when I was about five or six, I spent three days...

I remember one winter, when I was about five or six, I spent three days...

We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and...

We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and...

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did...

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did...

For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.

For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.