I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.
When I was growing up, a lot of books affected me, but I never wrote letters to the author or anything like that. I'm always mindful that there are probably a whole bunch of people reading my books like that, too.
I get wonderful letters from kids and teachers. I must have the best readers in the world.
I write everywhere. I've written books while I was on planes, at Disney World, and in multiple countries of which I am not a native. It can be a struggle to make word count sometimes, but I will persevere!
Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.
So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.
There are books all around me... I don't read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going.
I've written something like 17 novels, which isn't bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I'm lazy.
I get about three letters a day from all over the world.
I don't write huge books any more. I used to write 1,000 printed pages, but now I write short books. I did one on Napoleon, 50,000 words - enjoyed doing that. He was a baddie. I did one on Churchill, which was a bestseller in New York, I'm glad to say. 50,000 words. He was a goodie.