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My books have all generated controversy.

People like controversy because that's what sells.

Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

I'm not one of your knockabout, knuckle-scarred, Internet-controversy-courting book critics. Occasionally I stumble into controversy accidentally, but not because I enjoy it. It's probably just because I'm a weird person.

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.

I think good books have to make a few people angry.

Diversity in books is a civil rights frontier.

People don't care about books. They care about ideas.

I always have had a slightly jaundiced view about people who promote books about themselves.