The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say.
Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.
Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.
I'm not sure there's a difference between books that affected the way I see the world and books that influenced me as a writer.
Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not alone, that we can change our circumstances and even achieve the impossible.
I love books. I read voraciously, and I happened to have been fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time.
Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them. You don't read a book - you experience it. Every story opens up a new world.
I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.
Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to be heard.
I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things as well.
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