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Since I was a kid, I feel most confident when I'm reading.

It feels wonderful to get praise from other authors who I admire, but with each new book, my confidence is always the thing I struggle with the most until I start getting positive feedback from readers.

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

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've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

I had a lot of self-confidence.

My confidence came from the way I grew up, and I'm grateful for it.

I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.

Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it exactly right on the page - but rather, will assume that she's getting it right without the struggle.