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Each new book is a tremendous challenge.

I think that whenever a book is not a challenge, I'm telling the wrong story.

Books are challenging and inspirational to me.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world.

I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on earth did you ever attempt this, you idiot!' But I'm always better for the experience.

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

Books are my weakness.

The books are like children in that having written one doesn't make writing the next one any easier, because it's a new set of problems and a new set of challenges with each one, and having dealt with one before means that you now know how to do it.

With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.