Reading For Writers Is Like Training For

What I Like Most: Reading Well-written Sources That Take Me To Another World For Hours At A Time - And Being Able To Call That Work! Also, Of Course, Finding A Gem Of Information That Is Either Exactly What I Was Looking For, Or Else Fits Perfectly Into The Story In Some Way.

You Burn The Paper, But Not The Words. You Silence The Words, But Not The Thoughts. You Kill The Thoughts Only If You Kill The Man. And You Will Find That His Thoughts Rise Again In The Minds Of Others - Twice As Strong As Before.

Reading For Writers Is Like Training For Athletes.

I Can Give Advice To Anyone Interested In Writing In One Word: Read! I Think It's Much More Important To Be A Reader Than To Be A Writer!

I Used To Sit Home With My Computer And Write. After The Newbery, I Probably Spend More Than Half My Time On The Road.