When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't perceive an audience at all when I write a book. It's pure self-indulgence.
Personally I don't like it when writers become excessively proscriptive about the way that people read their books.
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.
I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my work. I do my work; it is up to them to classify it, to judge.
When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might think.
Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it.
The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people.
I wrote a book, and I just love it when people come up to me and say, 'I read your book and loved it.'
It gives me a huge buzz when people say they've enjoyed my books, because this grew out of a hobby, and it's an absolute passion, and it's lovely when I get feedback.
I'm always imposing my taste in books on others. I hope that people enjoy being surprised by a book they might not otherwise read - I enjoy the surprise myself when others do this to me.