“Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it”

“The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it.”

“To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading.”

“A writer must be a lifelong reader to be good. And if you want to be a great writer, I’d suggest trying to live a long life by reading the ingredients of the foods you buy.”

“Life is too short to read books that I'm not enjoying.”

“I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers.”