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Books should make somebody look at how they feel, be honest with themselves.

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

A good book ought to bring out lots of different responses from those that read it - none of them pre-planned, and all of them very personal. Whatever they take away from the reading of the book is valuable.

I work really hard at these books, and when colleagues write nasty reviews of them, I take it very personally.

People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.

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

I think really good books can be read by anybody.

I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

I want things to be better all the time. And I tend to get angry about that. Books are an opportunity to vent.

My most successful books, the ones that I feel the strongest about, are the ones that started with a premise that for me was deeply emotional.