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I'm always imposing my taste in books on others. I hope that people enjoy being surprised by a book they might not otherwise read - I enjoy the surprise myself when others do this to me.

Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.

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

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.

Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die.

While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.

I don't know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I'm hoping that with the next book, when people pick it up and read it, it will scare the pants off of them.

One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.

You want people to be eager for your book; the downside is when the people forget the series even exists.