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I just write books, and I do it without any notion of what I should do or shouldn't do.

I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from books - but you do your own learning in your own way.

You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.

I never want to deal with a book once I'm finished writing.

You can't be a change-maker by reading a book.

When I have a book I enjoy, I'm partly in the book. I'm not just observing it.

I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.

When you buy my books, you kind of know what you're in for. It's kind of self-selecting. If you have a delicate sensibility, and you're easily grossed out, you probably will never read one of my books.

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.