Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

I am a voracious reader myself. I don't stick to one genre. My only criteria is that it's a good story. I try to bring that to my work because I think people can read your excitement about a story.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.

I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.

Ultimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much.

I think a lot of guys who are on the internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time.