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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader.
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.
When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it.
Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.
I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible.
I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time.
I write in the morning, I walk in the afternoon and I read in the evening. It's a very easy, lovely life.
If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself.
