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I write novels and other things.

I like to write books that touch my heart. I want to entertain, and I love to entertain myself.

I've always been a writer. I hope to continue to write books until I can't anymore.

I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.

I wanted to be a writer that had an impact. I wanted, and still I say the same thing, I want to write books that change people's lives, change how we think and live and read and write. I wanna write books that are read in 50 or 100 years.

I think of my novels as entertainments.

I write books to find out about things.

One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's expectations of what I'm allowed to do.

I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.