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A book is a journey: It's a thing you agree to go on with somebody, and I think every reader's experience of a book is going to be different.

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another book as much as I enjoy this one.' Every time, I'm convinced. And then I change my mind when I start the next book.

I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work that went into it, not just my work but everybody else's and the research and so forth, there's a sense of really have done something worthwhile.

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.

Most of my life wasn't about knowledge from books, but experiential knowledge.

I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books, I have to start a new direction.