"Sleep is good, he said, and books are better."

"I don't mean to put down anybody's taste but they were all lovey-dovey, you know, and he got all sparkly. So that kind of spoiled that."

"You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will."

"Reading is the creative center of a writer's life."

"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."