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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.

There are probably many, many people who are better writers than me.

Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.

I try to read writers who are better than me because it inspires me to be better.

I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

I think I'm a good writer. I think I have my own voice, which is unique to everyone - everyone has their own voice; if they would just write from a vulnerable embarrassing place, it's going to be universal, and it's going to be entertaining. Because everyone is the same, and everyone is unique.

I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.

A writer is what I am.

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.