Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity.

Quote by Fred Saberhagen

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both...

I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two...

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two...

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.

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...