I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web..

I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a ce….

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known..

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed me to go places th….

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 ….

We're all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around, enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so befo….

I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note..

Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character moti….

The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds..

I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read ….

It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief..

The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption..

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spendi….

Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a par….

I've been writing full-time since 1978..

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting..

In loquaciousness lay insanity..

Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal. Some of it is carefully structured….

I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible..

Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels hav….

Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton,….