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Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted to read.

I love books. I read voraciously, and I happened to have been fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time.

My first book was the book that changed my life.

I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.

Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.

I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that.

When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.