Character Quote by Erica Brown

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile.

— Rudy Rucker

When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.

— George Stephen

I've written original material before, where I've come up with the idea and the characters myself, and that's definitely very different to working with…

— Alex Garland

My first book came out again - the re-issue from 2001. I was rereading it to make sure that I didn't miss any mistakes,…

— Peter Orner

I was always inventing characters and making up stories.

— Suzanne Vega

An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the…

— Walter Jon Williams

I keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a story.

— John Waters

I've never written anything before in my entire life, but I have read many comics, so I just wrote what I would want to…

— Iman Vellani

My first two novels were quirky detective stories followed by a couple of SF/Fantasy novels.

— Paul G. Tremblay

Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly…

— Stef Penney

While writing a novel, I don't read anything new in fiction. I am too engrossed.

— Jane Gardam

I've always liked new writing.

— Imelda Staunton