Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors.
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how is it that the book is what it is?
I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.
I've never been much of a European traveler. London once on a book tour, and Italy because that's where Ferraris are from. That's about it.
Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read.
Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.
With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.
The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.
My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all the books I haven't read yet.
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door." ( : CCXVII, March 31, 1945)
[Books are] vital to learning. Half the population don't go to football matches but that doesn't make football any less important.
My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something I didn't want to know.
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say.'
I've always been a pretty hard worker. That's how I've written over a hundred books.
With 'The Angel's Game', there was a lot of pressure from the expectations - expectations from the book industry and from readers; it's natural.
If you write a book that's as powerful and successful as 'Bastard,' there's a strong desire to prove there's something else.
I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I'm not happy with.
