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There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself.

I don't plot my novels - I move along with my characters.

I love novels where not much 'happens' but where the interest is in the ideas and analyses of characters.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.

I don't very often read novels.

If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you have to love them.