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> [I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/i-started-writing-seriously-about-1960-at-the-fairly-advanced-age-of/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/)

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## More 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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/the-comments-i-most-appreciate-come-from-ordinary-readers-who-ve/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/i-am-generally-way-out-of-touch-with-trends-except-now-and-then-i-am/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/the-advice-would-be-the-same-for-any-kind-of-fiction-keep-writing-and/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/)

> [I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/i-wouldn-t-like-to-just-do-one-story-or-one-type-of-stories-all-the/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/)

> [I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/i-started-writing-seriously-about-1960-at-the-fairly-advanced-age-of/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/)

> [The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/the-berserkers-have-been-with-me-for-about-forty-years-and-we-re-not/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/)

> [Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/mysteries-i-read-for-fun-so-i-will-probably-never-write-one-for-fear/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/more-immediately-i-m-currently-working-on-another-dracula-in-which/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/i-finally-decided-one-day-reading-science-fiction-magazines-of-the/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/actually-ideas-are-everywhere-it-s-the-paperwork-that-is-sitting-down/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/if-people-ask-me-for-the-ingredients-of-success-i-say-one-is-talent/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/)

> [There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/there-s-a-big-overlap-with-the-people-you-meet-at-the-fantasy-and/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/)

> [At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/at-this-stage-my-chief-professional-goal-is-simply-to-keep-on-writing/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/my-gut-feeling-is-that-paper-and-ink-are-going-to-be-with-us-for-a/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/)

> [Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/probably-all-the-books-i-ve-ever-written-have-been-efforts-to-define/)

[Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/)

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