Pico Iyer Quotes

Whedon changed my life.

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

It's not how many books you get through, it's how many books get through you.

It’s funny how one summer can change everything.

English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

I'm not trying to steer people in a direction. I'm just trying to move them. Wherever it takes them, it doesn't matter to me. I just want them to be moved in one way or another, and that's a hard thing to do, I think.

The books of C.S. Lewis had a very profound, indirect effect on me.

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

Success did change me. You don't want it to, but it does.

A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.

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.

When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books that get us through our childhood stay with us for life.

I think I can change the game.

Ideas do not count for much unless they change the lives of men.

You can't imagine how gratifying it is to have a reader come up to you and say, 'You changed my life.'

One of the true pleasures of my life has been the work of John Steinbeck. He was one of the people who turned my life around. I had no direct relationship with him, unfortunately.

The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing for young people. You feel like you can help shape somebody.

I can only imagine what the show would have meant to me as a 16- or 17-year-old. I know what 'Rent' meant to me in my life, how that show changed the course of my life, and we can only hope that 'Hamilton' will have the same effect on a few kids.

The 'Harry Potter' books had a huge impact on me.

Everyone has a story that they read when they were younger that influenced them.

To me, a life that doesn't change things and touch people's lives is pretty meaningless.

It's been amazing to touch people's lives.