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For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

I love the solitude of being on a plane and finally getting to read an entire book and being left alone.

I don't like being alone.

I say I like to be alone, yet I am always surrounded by people.

I like my life alone.

I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.

I never feel lonely if I've got a book - they're like old friends. Even if you're not reading them over and over again, you know they are there. And they're part of your history. They sort of tell a story about your journey through life.