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I always have the impression that I write the same book.

You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.

With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

I read several books at one time.

I often write two books simultaneously. Usually one of them starts out as a fun experiment designed to give me a daily break from the real book I'm writing. And then that becomes a real book too.

Most writers can write three times as many books as I have and still live a life.

I don't write books inadvertently.

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.