You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
This is my spiritual journey through life, my way of making sense of the world. I don't need permission from anyone or… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
The most common criticism that I've seen is that I write "popcorn fantasy": lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Only in very rare circumstances will you see something cut out of my first drafts. Maybe it's because of the way I… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
There's way too much pain in this business for anyone who doesn't HAVE to write. — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth.… — 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
