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I love to tell stories. It's a delight for me.

If I'm writing and a chapter isn't coming, I just move ahead.

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.

I have a folder in my office with about 400 ideas in it. So it will take me another 40 years to get through those.

I write larger than life. It's what I do.

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

A good love story always keeps the pot boiling.

I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

I don't think of myself as a writer.

Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that.

I don't smile as much as I should, even though I smile inside a lot.

Hollywood is a peculiar beast - people in Hollywood are nuts.

The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.

What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school.

I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality books that will turn them on to the joy of reading and turn them into lifelong readers.

For many years I had heard about an underworld consisting of people who act out a vampire fantasy while I was living in New York. Fortunately for me there are also several books on the phenomena.

He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistence. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

Other than my hundreds of arrests I really don't have that much experience with the law. While the majority of people aren't corrupt, there certainly is an awful lot of corruption in this country.

Assume nothing, question everything.

Yeah, well, asparagus is good for me, but it still makes me want to throw up.