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I'm always astonished by the confidence my readers put in me.

I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.

I think I write in a fairly self-confident manner.

I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both sides and that makes it hard to reach conclusions. Writing enables me to clarify things.

If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.

When I was a kid, I went through the whole process of reading great literature and trying to be very widely read.

I remember failing reading in school at a young age, and you just kinda get left behind and I felt helpless.

Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it.

Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting.