Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.

All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any of them is necessary, but they all play an incredibly important role in building a body of literature, in introducing new authors to new readers, and extending reading.

Books are mind reading devices; they allow us free access to the thoughts and dreams of people we have never met.

I'm a great reader that never has time to read.

Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.