Book Quote by Sara Zarr

It's funny: when I go to a school and speak, and when they hear the back story about me, they want to go read…

— Jay Asher

One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.

— Suzanne Collins

If it's all instruction, you get annoyed with it and bored, and you stop reading. If it's all entertainment, you read it quite quickly,…

— Margaret Atwood

Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay…

— Markus Zusak

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

— Nick Hornby

I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he…

— Ashwin Sanghi

I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you don't happen…

— Eoin Colfer

When me and my author friends who write about other difficult subject matter... when you hear from teens daily saying, 'Your book helped me…

— Jay Asher

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end.

— John le Carre

When you're done [with writing a book], people tell you "Well, gee, I'm not interested." "Great, I'm glad I sat down and wrote this!"

— Lewis Black

I like to allow young readers to keep writing in their heads after they've finished reading. Not to leave the ending too open, but…

— Amy King

And books are such an empowering way to give voice to some of these kids who aren't yet ready to tell their story. Or…

— Lauren Myracle