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I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens.

Everyone does a style book, and I wanted to write a business book for people that didn't think they would like a business book.

I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.

I think a good business book has one coherent idea that is richly played out.

I wouldn't buy a book simply because I like the cover. I would pick it up. The jacket can call your attention to it. But in that sense, Oprah Winfrey is worth all the jackets in the world. A jacket is basically trying to do what she does all on her own.

I did not want to write just another business book.

I think I'm more marketing- and sales-oriented than others, and the notion of selling books continues to interest me.

I don't read magazines much, and I have an awful time with books.

I think 'Shoe Dog' by Phil Knight is the best memoir I've ever read by a business person.

I'm an inveterate bookstore wanderer. I read constantly, so I love a good bookstore. I can't help it.