My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've just finished a book called 'The Time Traveler's Wife', which I really enjoyed, but that's quite old, but I have read it. I've read it, and I enjoyed that.
I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book.
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.
It's a very good historical book about history.
My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance.
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
Then I found books that were written much later, as late as 15 years ago. It was very superficial material, but enough to tell me that the genesis of this story was worth exploring.
Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.
When I wrote 'The Interestings,' I wanted to let time unspool, to give the book the feeling of time passing. I had to allow myself the freedom to move back and forth in time freely, and to trust that readers would accept this.