People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.

I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.