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I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.

I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.

I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to try.

I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.

I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

It's one thing you aspire to: someday, you'll be able to write a book.

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.

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.

To make it interesting and worth doing, writing a novel has to be a leap into the unknown. I have to be unsure if I can write it; otherwise, I won't want to.