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As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.

I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.

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

Listen, I wrote 10 unsuccessful books before I broke through, so I'm looking all the time to keep my books fascinating. I want to write what people want to read, not push any message.

I've had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

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.

I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing.

I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.

My books are, in a way, a record of my life - that part of it that came to flower and fruit in my mind.