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I - I love being told by people that they enjoy my books, and I think that's really very nice.

I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to other people: paintings, books, movies.

There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.

To come out and meet kids who have my books in their hands is kind of amazing.

Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to be heard.

I really have lived in books. Books are friends. They are some of the friends that make you who you are.

People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.

It's such a joy to talk to a roomful of people who have read my novel and are eager to talk about it.

I love seeing my book on shelves and getting letters from people who liked the book. I love telling stories and having other people tell stories to me.

I love the fact that so many of my readers are intelligent, exceptional, accomplished people with an open-minded love of diversity. But even more than that, I love it when my readers find lasting friendship with others of my readers - knowing that they met through their mutual affection for my books and characters makes me happy!