I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start.

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway.

I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write.

I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom.

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff.

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims.

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept.

A man didn’t specialize in mathematics because he had a rare talent for human relationships.

And so we must arm ourselves with tongues of flame.

The thing is, emotion – if it’s visibly felt by the writer – will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it.