You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what will happen on the next page, let alone the next chapter. That's what makes it fun for me;… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Whenever you're writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader to suspend disbelief, to… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
The meekest of animals will fight bravely when it is backed against a wall, for it has nothing left to lose. A poor man… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later,… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
These were the companions who justified my principles, who gave me the strength to continue against any foe, real or imagined. These were the… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I won't hold any illusions of changing the world or any such nonsense. But maybe, just maybe, I'm helping someone else change his or… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Whenever you're writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader/audience/player to suspend disbelief, to… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
To any intelligent being, there is no emotion more important than hope. Individually or collectively, we must hope that the future will be better… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
