Mal Peet Quotes

I read and enjoy just about anything I can get my hands on.

I really love the category on the site called Brain Massage.

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.

I cannot go to sleep without reading.

This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read.

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I'll read anything anyone gives me.

I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.

I suppose people might consider me a 'loose' reader, as I seem willing to read anything of quality thinking and prose.

Read more. Read every time you go to bed; read in the day - because at least, reading a book, you can't be distracted by anything else.

I grew up in a bookish family, so I read very widely. I was omnivorous, really.

It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one.

I'm a very promiscuous reader. My dad's a big science fiction fan, so I'd read 'Dune,' and 'Watership Down' and 'The Lord Of The Rings.'

I like to be with my friends and my family, listen to music and read books. Things like that relax me.

When I'm writing, I don't read much crime at all - you don't want to get distracted by other people's plots.

If you're a writer, and you write fiction, that's not all you read.

When most people come in from work, 95 percent of them reach for the remote control. Then they read before they go to sleep, to get off to sleep. They do that because reading feels like a duty, and TV feels like fun.

Routinely, when I finish a book, I think 'What will I do? Where will I get an idea?' And a kind of low-level panic sets in.

When someone says they've read your book 15 times, you think, 'Well, you should read something else.'

I read everything. When I say everything, I read everything: children's literature, Y.A., science fiction, fantasy, romance - I read it all. Each genre fulfills a different need I have. Each book teaches me something.

I like to keep a book underneath the pillow that I'm not sleeping on so I can reach over and grab it when I wake up. I don't always do that, but I like to. I try to make sure it's a book and not my laptop. I also try not to get too excited about who might've been trying to contact me while I was asleep.

I can never get to sleep without a book.

As a reader, I read quite widely.

I read almost everything that comes my way.