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I've been around long enough now that people who don't get into the outrageousness, the over-the-top stuff, they know not to buy my books anymore.

I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate.

Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books.

I always have had a slightly jaundiced view about people who promote books about themselves.

You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little insight, a moment of escape, a deepening of your own humanity. Not much else.

I'm always imposing my taste in books on others. I hope that people enjoy being surprised by a book they might not otherwise read - I enjoy the surprise myself when others do this to me.

I can't contain how enthusiastic I am about working on books for kids.

Sometimes I don't like the books that I'm reading.

Sometimes when I find myself very irritated about a topic, I know it's my next book.

I consume an enormous number of books, but they're always on a particular subject because I'm obsessive.