I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Reading takes me to a different place than my everyday life. I usually get fully involved in what I'm reading about, so it's a great escape.
The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places.
Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.
Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it.
I'm always reading several books at the same time, depending on how deeply engrossed in it I am, if it's fiction and if it captures me.
An ideal reader is someone who doesn't know what on Earth you've been doing, who will look at it with absolute freshness and go, 'Oh, so that's what you've been up to.'
I relate to people and roles that are about the arc of human experience, things that everyday people deal with every day.
In general, when I'm writing, I concentrate on the story itself, and I leave it to other people, such as agents and publishers, to work out who it's for.
I really try to focus on my books and readers.