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Periodically, I return to the classics for inspiration and refreshment.

I keep an ongoing list of my fifty favorite books, which I recalibrate whenever I discover a new one that seems to demand a spot there.

Classics are constantly being re-imagined and transformed, and the originals are none the worse for it; they endure.

A collection is not just one basic idea. It comes from something that is in the air, something you suddenly like and put down on paper and then work out.

I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason. I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.

Paperbacks of those we deem classics should be cheap and sold at supermarkets.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

I have this obsession with really cool, old books.

Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.

Collection is an addiction.