A writer could spend years reading already-published books just to gain a grasp of the historical terrain.
If children are studying the 20th century, I'm in their text books.
To me, movies are books. They are texts to be consulted.
The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy.
While I've worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.
The search for the Torah codes is rooted in the unfathomable theological premise that the Torah - itself a set of five books of limited length - contains literally all truth.
I have also written a book about the Giving of the Torah, and a book on the Days of Awe, and a book on the books of Israel that have been written since the day the Torah was given to Israel.
'The Tin Drum' is one of my favourite books of all time - I've probably got 12 or 15 copies with different covers, different translations - but it's also just about my favourite film.
I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.
My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts.
Celebrating historic triumphs is a favorite pastime for many Turks. Tales of how Turkic peoples emerged from Central Asia, crossed the steppes to Anatolia, established the Ottoman Empire and ruled for centuries over large swaths of Europe and Asia are the subject of countless legends, poems and books.
I'm having a lot of fun on Twitter, tweeting about books.
My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'.
The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
I often find myself unsatisfied with books 'about' Indians because they are written from the viewpoint of non-Indians.
It's been said that I am the most widely read writer of the 20th century. The number of books I've sold runs into untold millions.
Actually, between books is precisely when I do give myself vacations.
I was obsessed with Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol Jordan books, delightfully twisted stuff.
I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.