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

Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that.

I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.

I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.

I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.

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

I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again.

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

It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.

I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.

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.

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

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 big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly.

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