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I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

I've never written a book before.

When I was growing up, a lot of books affected me, but I never wrote letters to the author or anything like that. I'm always mindful that there are probably a whole bunch of people reading my books like that, too.

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.

I've heard people have written books of me. People don't even know me, but they've written a book on me. You ever heard of hearing it from the horse's mouth? I'm the horse.

Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.

It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.

People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say.'

I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read.

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.