If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book.

- John M. Ford

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather na…

- John M. Ford

We're not lost. We're locationally challenged

- John M. Ford

Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction.

- John M. Ford

Every book is three books, after all; the one the writer intended, the one the reader expected, and the one that casts its shadow when the first two …

- John M. Ford

Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

- John M. Ford

I long for the simplicity of theatre. I want lessons learned, comeuppances delivered, people sorted out, all before your bladder gets distractingly f…

- John M. Ford

At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to no…

- John M. Ford

I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book tha…

- John M. Ford