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I have a very low tolerance for boredom and often think I would have missed out on books entirely if I'd grown up in the Internet and video game age. Now I enjoy books for people of all ages, including children.

— Rick Yancey

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

To see what books were available for my older students, I made many trips to the library. If a book looked interesting, I checked it out. I once went home with 30 books! It was then that I realized that kids' novels had the shape of real books, and I began to get ideas for young adult novels and juvenile books.

— Cynthia Voigt

People in their forties, fifties, and onward enjoy the whole world of books in a different way than the Internet-age kids do.

— Oscar Hijuelos

I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.

— Richard K. Morgan

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.

— Stanley Kubrick

I discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books.

— Mark Billingham

I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books.

— Pete Wentz

I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.

— Karin Slaughter

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels.

— Kid Rock

I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books.

— Lois Lowry

I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.

— Ashwin Sanghi