Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.

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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient...

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient...

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me;...

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me;...

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the...

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the...

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be...

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be...

Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being...

Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book:...

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book:...

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes...

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes...

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day...

The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day...

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing...

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing...

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many...

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many...

I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison...

I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison...