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The Internet makes the writer work harder - I have to say things here I've never said before, or else be caught out in repeating myself.

I read all the time, and I'm often struck by something I'm reading.

Research we've done seems to indicate that people who are on the Net like the idea that they don't have to leave what they are reading to go buy something.

It's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated.

Sometimes I'll read something on Twitter, and I'll just be in the darkest of moods for the rest of the day or the rest of the week sometimes.

In America, we have to learn to be patient enough to figure out what somebody is saying. Somebody might actually be saying something.

At a certain point, you try to avoid reading feedback or blogs because there's always the risk of reading some sort of negative stuff that can be hard to hear.

I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily.

I've probably spent more time than any other brand reading every last comment. To listen to people the way you're able to online is very powerful.