“Because nobody but a reader ever became a writer.”

“We write by the light of every story we have ever read. ”

“[A young adult novel] ends not with happily ever after, but at a new beginning, with the sense of a lot of life yet to be lived.”

“I read.. because one life is not enough”

“I read because one life isn't enough. ”

“I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready”

“And I'll tell you something else for free. If you set a foot over that doorsill, I'll wring your red neck.”