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

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.

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

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

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

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.

It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.