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There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.

I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.

I'm very troubled when editors oblige their film critics to read the novel before they see the film. Reading the book right before you see the film will almost certainly ruin the film for you.

On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'

I don't very often read novels.

I've never abandoned the novel.

Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand.

In writing, I'm totally anti-plans of any kind. All my attempts to plan and plot novels have come to grief, and in expensive ways.

I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.

I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.