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Fiction is lies; we're writing about people who never existed and events that never happened when we write fiction, whether its science fiction or fan...more

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I knew that, when writing a book, you're not constrained by a budget. You're not constrained by what you can do, in terms of the special effects techn...more

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I often said that writers are of two types.There is the architect, which is one type. The architect, as if designing a building, lays out the entire n...more

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I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a h...more

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If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: ‘What’s great about that sixth book is that he met his deadline!’ It will...more

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It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.

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And it’s great to have all these readers and fans who, for the most part, are very nice people, saying they love the books and the TV show. But there ...more