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I enjoyed writing for someone else's voice, but I wasn't very good at it.

When I write, I can become this ecstatic, crazy fellow, hearing the voices and just loosening up and letting them grow.

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.

I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice.

I gave my voice to poetry.

I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something that I was going to try desperately to woo a listener. As long as I'm using my voice in a way that helps people understand what I'm trying to say, then I feel like I'm doing all right.

Voices have always been my way into a character. I usually approach the voice first.

I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career.

The only successful way to write, and the only one I have found, is to be the character. Give up on trying to control them. Writers always talk about hearing voices. That's what they mean.

I haven't done much voice-over work, but I enjoy it. I'm hoping to do more in the future.