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…

— Fred Saberhagen

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

— Fred Saberhagen

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

— 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…

— Fred Saberhagen

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

— 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…

— Fred Saberhagen

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

— 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…

— Fred Saberhagen

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

— Fred Saberhagen

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

— Fred Saberhagen

“Who holds Wayfinder finds good roads, Its master's step is brisk; The Sword of Wisdom lightens loads But adds unto their risk.”

— Fred Saberhagen

There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done considering the limitations that you have to…

— Fred Saberhagen

I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far…

— Fred Saberhagen

Fred Saberhagen was alive when born. He means to continue.

— Fred Saberhagen

“Farslayer howls across the world For thy heart! For thy heart! who hast wronged me, Vengeance is his who casts the Blade,…

— Fred Saberhagen

I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the other wasn't selling at all, editors would…

— Fred Saberhagen

“The vision of Van Helsing as a vampire is one before which my imagination balks; this is doubtless only a shortcoming on…

— Fred Saberhagen

I have some good stories yet to tell.

— Fred Saberhagen

The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to…

— Fred Saberhagen