Advantage Quote by Simon Winchester

When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not…

— Arthur Hailey

Whenever I was encouraged by my elders to pick up a book, I was often told, 'Read so as to know the world.' And…

— Hisham Matar

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

— Tom T. Hall

When I was little, I loved books that gave me lots of detail so that I felt like I could be transported to this…

— Jan Brett

In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.

— Anna Quindlen

The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before. Books and…

— Haruki Murakami

I was going round the world searching for an interesting place, when I realized that the place that I was in was already interesting.

— Emmet Gowin

I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people other than…

— Sasa Stanisic

I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.

— Diana Gabaldon

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.

— Lee Child

When I read a good book, it's like traveling the world without ever leaving my chair.

— Richard Peck

I think I have probably adjusted the way I see the world, I interpret the world and I communicate the world into book format…

— Jackie French