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I read just endlessly, ceaselessly, almost every book, it seems!

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

I've always been a big fan of books.

I love those books like 'Gone with the Wind,' the huge, sweeping family sagas.

I have resolved to pick one novel and just read it over and over again for the rest of my life, because I cannot remember anything anymore.

The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they say more about me as a reader than about the books. Love in the Time of Cholera, Pale Fire.

Discovering the 'impossible' ending to a new book makes me sick with joy and relief.

The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.

There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.

I write books that will make 10 or 12 hours disappear, and hopefully they'll resonate with you for a few days, where you'll remember the characters and the story. That suits me fine; I am happy with that.