“Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.”

The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.

Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.

We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.

I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.

Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.

I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.

I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.

When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.

All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.

If you’re crazy, there’s two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.

I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.

Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.

I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.

It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.

In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.

Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.

The Iranians know what they need to do in order to become a responsible member of the international community and in order to become a good neighbor, and it’s really up to them to change their behavior.

When you get a little older, you’ll see how easy it is to become lured by the female of the species.

That become celebrities or become really successful in what they do because they believe in who they are.

The more you tour, the better the band gets, and you get caught up in a lot more things than just traveling. It becomes a way to survive.

Art without accomplishment becomes a form of faith, sustained more by the intensity of its common practice than by the pleasure it gives to its adherents in private.

O people of the Qur`an, the night has become long so you can pray (more) and the day has become short for you to fast.”