“To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire.”

“When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.”

“It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry. People are always on the verge of tears.”

“Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. ”

“Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.”

“Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature.”

“To me, nothing can be more important than giving children books, It's better to be giving books to children than drug treatment to them when they're 15 years old. Did it ever occur to anyone that if you put nice libraries in public schools you wouldn't have to put them in prisons?”