Barry Eisler Quotes

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

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

For people who are readers, reading is important to them.

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

There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers.

You can't write if you don't read.

I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.

Whenever there's an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to encourage other writers to write and encourage folks to read more and get connected to it in a personal way, it's a positive thing.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.

Are you a reader? If you aren't a reader, you might as well forget trying to be a writer.

My mum was a librarian, and she brought home a lot of interesting books, and we just read and read. I suppose I didn't really think I could be a writer myself until I was working in editing in my 20s and discovered that actually, the books that came in were not very much like published books.

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have.

Like most authors, I also love to read.

Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that?

I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of my books, and I memorize my reviews. I love to hear from my readers.

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.

Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside.

May books spread the world over!

I think movies do play a valuable role in turning people on to the act of reading. I think that phenomenon just creates readers. At first they're going to love 'Harry Potter,' or they may love 'The Hunger Games,' but after that, they're going to love the act of reading and wonder, 'What else can I read?'

I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read.

People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.

I am a bookworm.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.