Thomas Perry Quotes

I don't read a lot of books.

Unfortunately, a lot of kids don't read anymore. I don't know what we can do about that.

I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.

Overall, people are reading less.

Kids just don't read any more. They spend much more time with video games. It's just hard to get kids to read anything. Book sales have dropped dramatically, too. I think 90% of the books are bought only by 5% of the US population.

I don't think I read an entire book in high school.

I'm always reading books.

Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is something I'm going to pay for.

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

I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books.

Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.

If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important.

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.

I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach it from the idea that you have to read or you're going to suffer. There's a difference to be made - and you can make it if you read with your child.

I think it's so important for young readers to find a book or series that ignites their passion for reading, especially boys, whose interest in reading wanes as they grow older.

What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.

I love the fact that 'Flowers for Algernon' is doing its part to get people reading.

As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.

My mom was really of the belief that, as long as you were reading anything, it was okay. Just read.

To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.

We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage young people in reading, not to show them a movie.

I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.

I don't really read books. Wish I did.

I read more than I do anything else, probably. I read about three books a week.