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With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one.

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.

I always have the impression that I write the same book.

I've never written a book before.

There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.