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I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing.

A writer is what I am.

So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.

I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot. I think I'll always be more of a reader than a writer, definitely. There are sooo many books in the world I haven't read, sometimes I feel as if they're all piled on top of my head weighing me down and saying, 'Hurry up.'

I'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am.

I will say I am the sum of my books.

Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn.

I see myself as writing biographies, the complete story of someone's life.