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I went through a whole phase when I was younger of being obsessed with Tolstoy and Kafka and Camus, all those really, beautiful, dark depressing books.

I grew up reading - and loving - stories by Andre Norton. I admired and idolised her from afar. Her stories helped shape my own internal world.

I'm obsessed with books.

I inhaled books. I loved Classics Illustrated comic books. These were books that I could afford to buy after I turned in pop bottles for change. 'The Prince and the Pauper,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth.' Male narratives filled with adventure and self-discovery.

I can't stand Anne Tyler books, but I gobble them up. It's like Updike - I can't stand him either, but I read everything he writes.

I love those books like 'Gone with the Wind,' the huge, sweeping family sagas.

I was warped early by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe. I was very fond of Franz Kafka.

I've always been a big fan of books.

Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up.