You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We don't choose the books we write; they choose us.
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.
Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love.
When you buy my books, you kind of know what you're in for. It's kind of self-selecting. If you have a delicate sensibility, and you're easily grossed out, you probably will never read one of my books.
Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.
When I have a book I enjoy, I'm partly in the book. I'm not just observing it.
I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from books - but you do your own learning in your own way.
I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
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