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Controversy sells books.

I'm not one of your knockabout, knuckle-scarred, Internet-controversy-courting book critics. Occasionally I stumble into controversy accidentally, but not because I enjoy it. It's probably just because I'm a weird person.

I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.

I think good books have to make a few people angry.

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.

Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.

Sometimes when I find myself very irritated about a topic, I know it's my next book.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

I've got a big, long list of stuff you're entitled to hate about my books.