I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.

My advice is to write during commercial breaks, and read while your favorite TV show is on mute.

I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.

I want to see thirstIn the syllables,Tough fireIn the sound;Feel through the darkFor the scream.

Turning a manuscript into a book is easy; getting the manuscript ready to become a book is hard.

Writing is just a man alone in a room with the English language trying to make it come out right

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.

I found I was repeating myself. It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style.

I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own.

You just don't know writers. They'll use anything, anybody. They'll eat their young.

If you have a dream, keep it. But write it down and take appropriate actions to see it manifest.