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" If someone told me I had to stop writing stories, that would be the end of me. "

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" I've done a lot of stories over the years, and sometimes there are larks, and they're fun, and you kind of move on. "

" My mother doesn't need much sleep. At any hour of the night, you'd wake up, and she'd be reading. She'd read five, six books a week. When we went on sailing trips, she'd bring a suitcaseful for the week. Even then, her office would have to send more. "

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" Each person, as they live through history, can't see it all. "

" I really just choose stories that are compelling, have interesting trends and characters, and hopefully say something larger about society. "

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" I have lots of gaps in my education, and so I'm often picking up classic books that most people read years ago. "

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" Like many people, I kicked around, struggled to become a writer, finally got my first full-time job around 27, 28, at 'The Hill' newspaper. They hired me as a copy editor, which was kind of funny because I'm semi-blind because I have an eye disorder. "

" When I work on stories, I tend to lose sight of everything else. I forget to pay bills or to shave. I don't change my clothes as often as I should. "

" A lot of the stories I write about have an element of mystery. They're crime stories or conspiracy stories or quests. They do have built into them revelations and twists. But the revelations, to me, come from seeing history as it's unfolding, or life as it's unfolding. "

" A lot of the stuff I tweet is out of childlike curiosity. "