If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.

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Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get...

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get...

I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it...

I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it...

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it...

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it...

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear...

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear...

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them...

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them...

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for...

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for...

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than...

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than...

I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're...

I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're...

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your...

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your...

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation...

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation...

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because...

In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because...

Perhaps extreme danger strips us of all pretenses, all ambitions, all confusions, focusing us more...

Perhaps extreme danger strips us of all pretenses, all ambitions, all confusions, focusing us more...

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the...

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the...

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians...

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians...

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after...

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after...

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I...

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I...

Thanks for your nice little note, though I am sorry to hear you find Through...

Thanks for your nice little note, though I am sorry to hear you find Through...