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I don't write any kind of sequel or remake.

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.

The impossibility of a sequel ever recapturing everything - or anything - about its ancestor never stopped legions of writers from trying, or hordes of readers and publishers from demanding more of what they previously enjoyed.

I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.

I don't write a novel every two years.

I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.

You have to be very careful when you're working on a sequel, because it has to be a continuation of what you did before.

I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own timelessness to them, classic type things, and then you go onto something new.

To do a sequel is so weird, you don't really think about it.