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I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read.

It's very nice to meet the people who read my books.

I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to read them, because I've spent too long with them already. I'm not advertising them very well, am I?

I don't want everyone to read anything; I like us all reading different books.

There are books all around me... I don't read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going.

What would have become of me if no one had wanted to read my books? And don't forget all those who have written of me.

Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right.

When you buy my books, you kind of know what you're in for. It's kind of self-selecting. If you have a delicate sensibility, and you're easily grossed out, you probably will never read one of my books.

I've been around long enough now that people who don't get into the outrageousness, the over-the-top stuff, they know not to buy my books anymore.

Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to be heard.