Overhyped books are the empty calories of the literary world.

Books are the flung-open windows to a parallel universe.

Some books send you around the world, while others send you around the bend.

A book should grab you by the lapels and kiss you into tomorrow.

The very best authors are no longer with us; so only read books written by dead people.

Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.

There are but twenty-six letters in the English alphabet, yet I must have read a quadrillion words.

Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe.

Writers are only ever as good as their readers.