“Readers read to escape from the world, Author's write to never have to go back to it again.”

“Authors write, readers read, money talks.”

“I read to escape...I write to help others escape...--Howard Hopkins, Author of The Chloe Files”

“What I like most about reading is I can read in minutes what it took the author hours to write. What I like most about writing is readers can read in minutes what it took me seconds to write.”

“Additionally, Liesl and Po is the embodiment of what writing has always been for me at its purest and most basic--not a paycheck, certainly; not an idea, even; and not an escape. Actually, it is the opposite of an escape; it is a way back in, a way to enter and make sense of a world that occasionally seems harsh and terrible and mystifying. (From the "Author's Note" at the end).”

“Writing is an escape from life reading is living a different life.”