• People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

    Nina Bawden: People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.
    Interview With Hephzibah Anderson, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2006.