I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published.

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I have some good stories yet to tell.

I have some good stories yet to tell.

I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a...

I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a...

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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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...

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...