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I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one.

I've started lots of books, but it's hard for me to finish them.

With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.

Each book first begins with a little idea.

I think when you first start out, you're writing books that are about your immediate place.

When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

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 in a weird way. It comes in waves, and then I start, like, five different books at once. It takes me six months to a year to finish them all, since I read mostly on planes.

I always want to live long enough to finish the book I'm working on and see it published. But then I start another book before the previous one is in the stores, so I always have a reason to go on.