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.

I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.

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.

The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years.

I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.

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