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There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.

It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass.

Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile. Travel abroad and learn to live in other cultures. That's one of the things about teaching abroad.

It takes a long time to publish a book.

An aging writer has the not insignificant satisfaction of a shelf of books behind him that, as they wait for their ideal readers to discover them, will outlast him for a while.

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.

Some authors are quite happy - and have the time - to do it all themselves, which is great.

There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.

Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way.