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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.

My goal as a novelist is to create smart entertainment, books that keep bright people up too late, that make them want to read just one more chapter. Books that have ideas threaded in amidst the thrilling bits, ideas that I hope linger even after people close the book.

While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.

People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.

I love books, and I love to read, and I had ideas for books that I thought would be neat to read.

You'll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels, picture books, love stories and stories of crisis and courage.

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.

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

I have a lot of books I want to write.

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.