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I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.

I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to try.

I always want to write something better than the last book.

I like to be read. That's most of what any writer could want.

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.