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One half who graduate from college never read another book.

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.

All of us are made up of the stories that we listen to, the ones we disagree with and the ones that we agree with.

There's a saying in the movie industry that if your movie is about what you actually think it's about, you're in big trouble. I think it's the same with books.

I receive emails from readers that both break my heart and give me a profound sense of connection. Several months ago, I received an email from a teacher who told me that 'Legend' was the first book one of her troubled young students had ever read to the end. He cried when he finished it. Stories like that stay with you forever.

Everybody has a Bill Murray story. He just punishes people for reasons they can't figure out.

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view.

I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

As a reader, I much prefer to read a book where people embody all kinds of ideas and everybody is making mistakes.