We asked our authors from around the world to share their thoughts on why they write, why they read, and the books that have influenced them.
Here’s what they had to say.
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Jonathan Drori 2015
I read because I want to know what it’s like to look at the world through someone else’s eyes, and reading is a remarkably efficient and vigorous way of doing that. With other media like film and television we are more passively fed another’s vision. A book actively engages my imagination in creating and exploring other worlds, and it makes me feel I have experienced much more than I really have. I have to read; if I don’t it makes me feel like I haven’t brushed my teeth.
