Quote

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me want to be a writer were novels.

I read the same amount of nonfiction and fiction.

I read a lot of fiction.

I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.

My first five novels were written longhand. So were hosts of short stories.

I have always loved short stories. I have been at least as influenced by the short story masters as I have been by novelists.

I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.

But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.

I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story.

I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.