“…reading and writing were not the same – you couldn’t just soak it up then squeeze it out again.” – David Nicholls

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” – Stephen King

“I am a part of all I have read.” – John Kieran

“…it’s impossible to be a great writer without being a great reader.” – Brad Thor

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.” – J.D. Salinger

“She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.” – Anne Dillard