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I was pretty happy with how my career had gone, mainly because of the enormous freedom I've had to write what I've wanted to write. I had a very clear picture of who I was as a writer.

As long as I'm able to actually maintain a career where I can write full-time, I'll be thrilled.

I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer.

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

I am happy that I'm a better novelist than a screenwriter.

In 1989, I retired from Bell Laboratories to become a full-time writer. Not that I didn't enjoy my engineering career, but rather I liked being a novelist just a bit better.

I really only have been seriously writing, finishing things and publishing things since January '91.

I've been writing full-time since I was 23.

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.