I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake and it really wasn't. I have drawers full of - or I did have - drawers full of rejection slips.

I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the time.

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.

Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history.

The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet.

Fred Saberhagen was alive when born. He means to continue.

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives, and who actually credit the book with helping them through a bad time. It's happened a few times in forty years.