“I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway”

“Of course I loved books more than people.”

“I learn more from books than from people”

“I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.”

“War stories aren't really anything more than stories about people anyway.”

“Believe me, no one wants to finish this book more than me.”

“Nothing gets me more nervous than white people who talk black……. I mean, it's fun on "Ricki Lake", but in real life……”

“I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me.”

“Nice tights," I snorted. Or I tried to snort, anyway. I'm not exactly sure how, though people in books are always doing it.”

“When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it - or rather, it is like living it. It makes reading so much more exciting, but I don't suppose many people try to do it.”