I write to escape ... to escape poverty.

I write to escape; to escape poverty.

"Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid." S. Dali

The dream of reason produces monsters

I do not seek. I find.

It only surprised me up until around 1977, ... I had thought we were going to have a considerable audience of gamers and science fiction and fantasy fans. I thought easily with those we'd have 50,000 or more [buyers], but when people began to write me [with questions] about what fantasy books to read, and I saw the wide range of both younger and older people who were attracted to the game, I understood that it was reaching a deeper chord, something deep within us.