There are real books all around the house, everywhere. She could pick one up and in mere seconds she could be involved in something that makes her laugh and feel nervous and hot and cold and forgive the world its absurdity.

A library at night is full of sounds: the unread books can't stand it any longer and announce their contents, some boasting, some shy, some devious.

Soy mala. Papá ya me ha avisado al respecto; sé el riesgo que corro cuando busco defectos en la gente en lugar de algo que apreciar. Es como tener arenilla en los ojos. Cada vez ves menos de la persona que tienes delante y más la arenilla de tu ojo. Ya lo capto.

I love character and voice, and my favourite books have been the ones in which I've become completely absorbed.

I remember that I used to get lots of books from the library, and 'Little Women' was one of them. And I used to just cross out the parts of it that really upset me because it's such a sad book in so many ways. I'd cross out the parts that upset me, and I would rewrite new endings.

I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot. I think I'll always be more of a reader than a writer, definitely. There are sooo many books in the world I haven't read, sometimes I feel as if they're all piled on top of my head weighing me down and saying, 'Hurry up.'