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I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I did once work in a rare-books library, and I wrote a novel about a rare book.

Only the best books are special. Why? Because they open our eyes, touch us, excite us, extend us.

I try not to recommend too many books, frankly, because I think there's a certain synchronicity that happens when people discover books.

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.

I've always been a big fan of books.

I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book.

I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.

There are a lot of wonderful books out there that aren't marketed properly, and readers who might love them never even know they exist.

It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one.