A little out of date now, but still worthy of a read:
http://www.sffworld.com/interview/170p0.html
My favourite bit is "I'm not an egomaniac. I'll write what I want to
write. If the readers don't like it, tough noodgies."
On one hand, yes, good for you man, follow your dreams, don't pander
to the crowd!
OTOH, yeah, but we don't like it because it's poorly done, and We
Think You're Not Trying anymore, not because you're branching out in a
radical challenging new way.
"A piece of tripe so bad that it even bored me. (No, you can't see it.
I burned it.) "
If only the garage fire had been pre-Dreamers, eh?
"I do not read other fantasy books. I have a sub-conscious burglar
lurking in my mind. If I read a good fantasy, six months later it's
mine, and it's likely to show up in my next book."
I guess he re-reads his own books too much :(
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