If I had killed Crow off I can think of least six novels I would never have written, 400,000 words' worth of very necessary experience.

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But there's a little guy who sits astride my brain with a whip, and if...

But there's a little guy who sits astride my brain with a whip, and if...

We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize...

We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize...

And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend...

And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend...

There are lots of other things that I haven't done, places I haven't seen. So...

There are lots of other things that I haven't done, places I haven't seen. So...

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain...

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain...

If, like Harry Keogh, I could talk to the dead - God, there are an...

If, like Harry Keogh, I could talk to the dead - God, there are an...

I have friends who read my books in Greek.

I have friends who read my books in Greek.

I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time...

I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time...

The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me...

The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me...

Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work.

Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work.

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't...

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't...

The Army was my bread and butter.

The Army was my bread and butter.

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would...

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would...

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it,...

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it,...

But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death....

But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death....

I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give...

I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give...