Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.

The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive.

The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community - by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.

I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings.

Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.

Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that.

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.