'Twilight' author swaps vampires for aliens in movie 'The Host'

"'My characters almost always think about the bigger question of 'Where do I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going?" she (Meyer) said. "In other (people's) novels, most characters never think about what's beyond their own experience."'

No offense, but please tell me, Stephanie Meyer did not say this patently ridiculous statement. First, the truth of it would require her to have read every novel ever written. Second, in order to say it she cannot have read much of the literature she plans to bring to the screen. Third, it is one of the most egotistical comments I have ever read.