“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” – Stephen King

“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life they had never seen.” – Roald Dahl

“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” – P.J. O’Rourke

“Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.” – P. D. James

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin.” – Joyce Carol Oates