I Wondered Why She Craved This Knowledge

Then You Must Say To Her, 'madame, I Observe That Your Heart Is Broken. Allow Me To Repair It For You.

Never Before Had I Known The Sudden Quiver Of Understanding That Travels From Word To Brain To Heart, The Way A New Language Can Move, Coil, Swim Into Life Under The Eyes, The Almost Savage Leap Of Comprehension, The Instantaneous, Joyful Release Of Meaning, The Way The Words Shed Their Printed Bodies In A Flash Of Heat And Light.

My Publishers Are Wonderful Because They Have Let Me Write What I Wanted To. They're Wise Enough To Know That, With Any Author Who's Not Simply Writing Formulas - Who's Trying To Create Something New - Pressuring Them To Do Something For Market Purposes Almost Always Backfires. I Can't Imagine Working Under Those Circumstances, Actually.

I Wondered Why She Craved This Knowledge And Found Myself Remembering That She Was, After All, An Anthropologist.

I Think It's Important To Recognise That 'the Da Vinci Code' Opened Up A Vast New Audience For A General Readership Interested In Historical Detective Stories And Research Into History.