Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.

Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.

Writers aren't in competition with one another. It isn't a zero sum game. If you have a good book, a good cover, a good product description, and a low price, you can sell well.

Because we self-published 'Draculas,' we control the rights. Not just for now, but forever.

In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

I come from a family of craftsmen. We like to make things with our hands. Better than the pleasure of making money is the pleasure of making the product and saying, 'Wow. I did that.' I couldn't see myself doing anything other than making good things to eat.

I never played the game for money and attention. I love football, and I've had a blast.