"I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read."

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"I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read."

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

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"There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working."

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"I think we did a great job of putting together a program that would have made good e-books available had people been buying e-books in any real numbers."

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"You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film."

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"Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer."

"There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working."

"I don't consciously do anything to maintain a unique voice."

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