“I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.”
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“Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.”
Lin Yutang book The Importance of Living
Source: The Importance of Living
José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor
Original source: Mucho se dice que los niños no leen. Bueno, yo diría que si los adultos no comienzan a hacerlo, no es justo acusar a los más pequeños de no leer. Ellos deben vernos con un libro entre las manos. <br class="br">Source: Trujillo, E. (2018). "Promover la lectura es una responsabilidad moral de los escritores: José Baroja". En Perú Informa. http://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/#:~:text=Hablar%20del%20escritor%20chileno%20Jos%C3%A9,en%20Letras%2C%20menci%C3%B3n%20en%20Literatura.. Consultado el 17 de junio de 2022.
“Anyone who thinks one book has all the answers hasn't read enough books.”
Brian K. Vaughan (1976) American screenwriter, comic book creator
Variant: ... anyone who thinks one book has all the answers hasn't read enough books.
Source: Saga, Vol. 6
Debbie Dadey (1959) American children's writer
Children's author Debbie Dadey visiting downtown library to sign books, brainstorm. https://lancasteronline.com/features/entertainment/children-s-author-debbie-dadey-visiting-downtown-library-to-sign/article_bf6e4607-f0ba-5e73-a88f-64c9cb876bb2.html (July 29, 2013)
“Beware
Those Who
Are ALWAYS
READING
BOOKS”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
“I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure.”
Lois McMaster Bujold (1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA
"'A Conversation With Lois McMaster Bujold", p. 60
The Vorkosigan Companion (2008)
Maurice Cowling (1926–2005) historian
Interviewed in Naim Attallah, Singular Encounters (Quartet Books, 1990), p. 142.
“Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read.”
Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer
Interview with Amanda Craig, "Grand dame of letters who's not going quietly," The Times, London (23 November 2003) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14449-1132868_3,00.html