“Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.”

“These weren't cheap modern books; these were books bound in leather, and not just leather, but leather from clever cows who had given their lives for literature after a happy existence in the very best pastures.”

Terry Pratchett book I Shall Wear Midnight

“Food. Drink. Sleep. Books. They are all drugs.”

Fay Weldon (1931) English author, essayist and playwright

“I am awestruck and I am happy to see that the book fair happens. I’ve learnt everything I know on the go, like my mother tongue.”

Kamal Haasan (1954) Indian actor

“I am not a visual person. I have spent so many bounded years in my childhood that I have grown used to having books as my window on reality.”

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …

“I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when people have worn out my books, or that they're held together by Scotch tape.”

Richard Scarry (1919–1994) author and illustrator from the United States

“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.”

Pete Hautman (1952) American children's writer

“When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.”

Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020) Novelist, writer

“That's right, I am a book kisser.”

Sherman Alexie book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian