There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.

People who don't read fiction are scared of what's inside their own heads.

Bravery isn't brandishing a sword. It's standing your moral ground and letting others try their best to take you down.

Our constant desire to genre-label cripples new writers. Let them experiment, explore and surprise.

There are some great, subversive female writers out there. Gender should not affect anything. It does, but it shouldn't.

Books are readable drugs.

Read the right books and we can be as wild and worry-free as we've ever wanted to be. No law can stop us reading.

I lose it when I can't write. I feel sad and confused and fucked off.