Purely the idea of writing a lot of books doesn't make you a great writer, but it might be that the process of doing a lot of writing will make you a much better writer.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

Rest easy and go with the faith you lived with

The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink.

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.

The fear in my heart was like in one of those dreams where you try to run but you can't do it, you can't run because the fear is an anchor in your chest.

There are as many kinds of love as there are flowers and bugs put together but men and women and their needs are all the same.