“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read…”

“Learning is not by going to school, books is not by reading; but knowing what you went their for and understanding what you've read in those books.”

“When I read a book, I want you to be reading it at the same time. I want to know what would Amelia think of it. I want you to be mine. I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart, Amy.”

“Read. Forget everything you've been told about books and read.”

“It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.”

“To think that the internet allowing fans to feel that they are “not alone as readers” plays to the “clubhouse” mentality that is a large part of what’s wrong with comics today. When you have isolated fans, reading the books on their own and not knowing (or much caring) if anybody else is, then the prime reason for reading is enjoyment—it’s all about the books themselves. It’s not about “getting together” with fellow fans to dissect and deconstruct…”

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”

“You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading… and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.”

“How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now?”

“History was what had happened; class was something you read about in a book.”