What makes it so frustrating is that he's an excellent writer, better than Jordan and Goodkind combined on every level; he's just a d-bag when it comes to deadlines, makes promises he refuses to keep, gets distracted by countless inferior side projects, and doesn't care if he loses readers in the process because he's ancient and tenured and "won't be bullied" into writing at any pace other than his own. It would be a shame if he dropped dead before he finishes the last three (or four) of the series, because it really is a frighteningly good one albeit one shackled to what classifies in literature as a geriatric prima donna.