If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.

Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one.

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

Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part.

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

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

Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.