I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've loved traveling around the country and meeting people at book signings.
When people meet me, they're often surprised - I talk a great deal.
I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut.
It's funny, because people always say when they meet me, having read me - or they read me, having met me - that they are struck by how the tone is pretty similar, in real life and in the books.
I think I'm at a place where I haven't really been encountered by anyone overtly strange. But people think they know me.
I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'
I'm really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don't confuse the issues, really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.
I meet with people all day long.
I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to other people: paintings, books, movies.
I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time to talk. Too often, at regular book signings, I meet readers who have traveled six or eight hours to see me, and I'm unable to spend more than a few short minutes chatting with them as I sign books.