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I've been around long enough now that people who don't get into the outrageousness, the over-the-top stuff, they know not to buy my books anymore.

Books were the window from which I looked out of a rather meager and decidedly narrow room onto a rich and wonderful universe. I loved the look and feel of books, even the smell... Libraries were treasure houses. I always entered them with a slight thrill of disbelief that all their endless riches were mine for the borrowing.

I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life.

I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that.

Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves.

Books seem so much more - much more sacred to me, and more important and essential, than they were when I was young.

My books are all fantastically sentimental.

After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.