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I do have trouble with titles.

I like titles that are a little difficult, because it's kind of counterintuitive.

For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is akin to asking one to recall their three favorite sunsets.

Well, normally we don't think all that hard about titles.

It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.

I want to get me one of those titles.

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.

You have to have a strong title. It's got to say something.

I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized is that they were smarter than us. So we thought, Hey, go for it. So now we have a contest every year.