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My first book was a car crash. I tried to find all the copies and destroy them.

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten.

I have spent more time with other people's books than with my own. I do not regret it.

I don't reread my books after they're published, because it's agony.

I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.

You can find my book at your favorite bookstore, and if it isn't there, find a new favorite.

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

My first book was the book that changed my life.

Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops.

I've never really been satisfied with a book. I always want it to be better.