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I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else.

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

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another book as much as I enjoy this one.' Every time, I'm convinced. And then I change my mind when I start the next book.

The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going to make the reader feel.

As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have just about finished the third book in the series. Two more are already outlined. I'm in this for the long haul.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up.

I always have the impression that I write the same book.

Don't write your books for people who won't like them. Give yourself wholly to the kind of book you want to write, and don't try to please readers who like something different.