Writing Seriously Quotes by Fred Saberhagen

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives,…

— Fred Saberhagen

I am generally way out of touch with trends, except now and then I am surprised to find myself leading one, like sympathetic vampires.

— Fred Saberhagen

The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep sending things out, not to friends and relatives, but…

— Fred Saberhagen

I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the time.

— Fred Saberhagen

I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.

— Fred Saberhagen

The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet.

— Fred Saberhagen

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun.

— Fred Saberhagen

More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with ancient Egypt. That's about as far as I want…

— Fred Saberhagen

I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people…

— Fred Saberhagen

Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right…

— Fred Saberhagen

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck.…

— Fred Saberhagen

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.

— Fred Saberhagen

At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it.

— Fred Saberhagen

My gut feeling is that paper and ink are going to be with us for a long time yet, and in substantial quantities, though…

— Fred Saberhagen

Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity.

— Fred Saberhagen