It's great to be excited by your profession, whether you are a doctor or a writer. I started writing books when I was in medical school and, by the time I graduated, I realized that writing was more exciting to me than being a doctor. And if I tried to be a doctor and a writer, then both would suffer.
Sergei LukyanenkoWhat an unfortunate instrument the guitar is! An instrument of such great nobility, a genuine monarch of music-- reduced to a pitiful lump of wood with six strings, constantly abused by people with no ear and no voice.
Sergei LukyanenkoThat's the hardest thing of all--never to become cynical, never to lose faith, never to become indifferent.
Sergei LukyanenkoEvil has no need to bother with eliminating Good. It's far simpler to let Good fight against itself.
Sergei LukyanenkoThat's the way it goes sometimes: in order to help your friends, first you have to help your enemy. Better get used to it.
Sergei LukyanenkoIndeed, being a beginner is very difficult right now. Book publishers are in a crisis, sales are dwindling, and publishing houses are losing money, doing their best to survive. It's a sign of the times, the emergence of new kinds of entertainment -- there's nothing we can do about it. I don't think books will perish for good. They could become less widespread, though, falling even further behind movies and computer games. But we shouldn't be afraid of this, because books will always remain the entertainment of choice for intelligent people, of whom there are still many in this world.
Sergei Lukyanenko