No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers.

...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.

I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way.

Be what you are; it is better that way. --Dolph