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

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On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in...

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in...

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.

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...

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...

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...

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers -...

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers -...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

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.

What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling...

What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling...

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.

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way...

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way...