Quote

I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence.

I often turn to my books when my own writing is having a hard time.

My books come to me in images, and sometimes the image is at the beginning of the book, and sometimes it's simply a flash somewhere in the middle.

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.

I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books.

I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it.

I tend to push whatever is looking over my shoulder away when I am writing. It's once the box of books arrive that I say I'm going to be pilloried for this or that. But then you realize it's done, and there is nothing I can do. I'm proud of the book.

When I have a book I enjoy, I'm partly in the book. I'm not just observing it.

I'm really not responsible for what mental operation people have when they're reading my books other than the ones which are created by literary effects.