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" Your environment affects you wherever you are. "

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" I can write pretty much anywhere. "

" I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like challenges of making a book work. "

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" Perhaps all human interaction is about wanting and getting. "

" Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale. "

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" Write something every single day, even if it's just three lines. And it doesn't matter if it's any good - just write something every day. "

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" When I think about it, I'm happily bewildered that people will preorder my books They'll preorder me. What a lucky guy! "

" My books are anti-absolutist and deeply distrustful of any religious stance that precludes the validity of any other. "

" I'm certainly a plot and character man. Themes, structure, style - they're valid components of a novel and you can't complete the book without them. But I think what propels me as a reader is plot and character. "

" Every relationship has its own language. It takes a long time to evolve and read one another. Just as it's true for people, it's also true on a national or cultural level. "

" False modesty can be worse than arrogance. "

" I had a happy childhood. "

Happy Childhood

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" Japanese food makes me feel particularly good. "