You're lucky if people like your book, and the more people that like it, the luckier I feel.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.
I have spent more time with other people's books than with my own. I do not regret it.
How lucky am I? Quite often I speak at book festivals, and people ask me how I got published. There's people who have been working on a book for as long as ten years, and I feel like such a cow.
I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a very withdrawn adult to living in Paris as a full-time writer. It has also given me enormous confidence.
Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
I'm the luckiest writer on earth.
I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery, they might not like that book quite as much.
Certainly not every reader has liked every one of my books, but I think that's a good thing because it means I'm not repeating myself.
I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book.
It's not as if I've been unlucky. My books have been published and reviewed. I haven't lived through terrible literary suffering!
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