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I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then I do believe that one of the big problems of our times is that there's too much reading and not enough thinking.

I read hugely as a child, but I slowed up when the print got smaller. I am a very slow reader. I don't know why. Maybe it is like some people chewing their food for ages and some wolfing it down.

I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.

The more you read, the better you get at it.

It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.

As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.

The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it. It's kind of this terrible spiral: Since they're not so good at it they do less of it, get worse at it, do less of it. And it's really what I discovered five, six years ago when I started the 'Guys Read' thing.

Less really is more. It's a tendency of beginning writers to want to prove what they're talking about by going too far with description. I think you've got to keep it short, crisp and clean.