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Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It's a way of being alive for the writer.

No one writes a great book every time out, or even a good book.

As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.

Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel.

I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.

I'm not sure there are too many people who write what I write.

Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.

There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.