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

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.

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

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.

That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.

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

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.