“Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book."(Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010)”

“Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book.”

“I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.”

“We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you that it can. I want to thank you because it did. - 2010 Indies Choice Award”

“There may be no more pleasing picture in the world than that of a child peering into a book - the past and the future entrancing each other.”

“I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the day."(Interview with The Booklovers blog, September 2010)”