Come to the book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it and draw your own map.

It’s not about the typo, it’s about the message.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

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

A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.

The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.

I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to read." This is like a guy starting up Mount Everest saying that he didn't have time to buy any rope or pitons.