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I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.

Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation.

Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.

I am really into how words sound out loud, so I was always the kid who would, like, read the page of the book to herself in her room over and over and over. And Raymond Carver is great for that. Tobias Wolff is an author who is really good for that as well.

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight.

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right.

Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not alone, that we can change our circumstances and even achieve the impossible.

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.