Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all…

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I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take...

I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take...

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural...

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural...

In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them...

In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them...

I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but...

I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but...

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and...

We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and...

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers -...

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers -...

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in...

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in...

A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and...

A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and...

For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.

For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other...

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other...

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling...

What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling...

I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.

I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.

My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did...

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did...

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you...

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you...

Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.

Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books...

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books...