I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.

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

I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.

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

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.

I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.

I now have to find a reason to write, every single day.