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There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are lots of great writers who don't get published - is it still worthwhile? Aren't we glad people are still doing it?

Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work.

There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.

Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right away. If you work at it, you will improve.

The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.

There's no demand for a body of work, though writers will be criticized for not having produced one.

I really am a believer that 99.99% of all the stories we need, not only as artists but as human beings, not only as writers but as readers, haven't been written yet. Certainly haven't been published yet.

When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again.

I think there is a real thing going on where writers are feeling more liberated to write with a big canvas because of a demonstrable, continued appetite for long-form storytelling.