Hopefully my books are improving. One of the ways I find motivation to improve is looking at someone who is already at a high level and continues to get better with each book. That's really what you want to emulate.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.
Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.
I want things to be better all the time. And I tend to get angry about that. Books are an opportunity to vent.
I have to have three or four books going simultaneously. If I'm not impressed in the first 20 pages, I don't bother reading the rest, especially with novels. I'm not a book-club style reader. I'm not looking for life lessons or wanting people to think I'm smart because I'm reading a certain book.
I've started lots of books, but it's hard for me to finish them.
I've never really been satisfied with a book. I always want it to be better.
I guess my approach to adapting books is to treat them with a deep respect on one level and at another level part them to one side and go, 'I'm doing something completely different here.'
People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.
I always want my books to reach a positive point in the end.
Every time I write a new book, I want to push myself to try something different.