I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer.

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

She lifted the drooping muzzle with both hands...It was a special embrace saved for special occasions.

Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed.

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part.

I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me.

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

Dream big!But not so big that it becomes a mess, and you may never reach reality.

People existed, however, who believed that closet racist were everywhere around them. They needed to believe this in order to have prupose and meaning in their lives, and to have someone to hate.

Satan called - he's changed the sheets, fluffed the pillows and laid out the complimentary chocolate. Hell is ready for John Edwards.

I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director.

Our enemies are a radical network of terrorists - and every government that supports them.

My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.

The biggest parts of healing and making myself whole is to accept all of the many parts of myself.

I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically.

What better proof of love can there be than money? A ten-shilling note shows incontrovertibly just how mad about you a man is.

The United States trades more with the province of Ontario alone than with Japan.