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Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It's a way of being alive for the writer.

It's a fantastic privilege to spend three or four hundred pages with a reader. You have time to go into certain questions that are painful or difficult or complicated. That's one thing that appeals to me very much about the novel form.

I feel I've got 10 books in me.

There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.

I have to have three or four books going simultaneously. If I'm not impressed in the first 20 pages, I don't bother reading the rest, especially with novels. I'm not a book-club style reader. I'm not looking for life lessons or wanting people to think I'm smart because I'm reading a certain book.

I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I'd be very, very happy.

I've gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time I've spent with them.

I will read four or five books at the same time.

I don't want to waste my readers' time ever. My readers are very important to me.