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I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.

I think people need entertaining, and they like being entertained. That's all I do. I don't do anything important; I just work in entertainment.

I write about people I think are interesting, and then I discuss it with my editor, and she decides if she thinks it will be interesting to children as well. If I have no great interest in the subject, I find the work to be terribly boring. And if I find the person interesting, I love the research part and, by extension, the writing as well.

I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting.

I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

I watch documentaries for information. I watch films to be entertained.

As for hobbies, I don't really read or watch TV.

I entertain for a living, and I entertain.