If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.

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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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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.

I have some good stories yet to tell.

I have some good stories yet to tell.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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 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...

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...