Richard Peck

Richard Peck is one of my all time favorite writers and he changed my life forever when I read his book "Past Perfect, Present Tense". He has a quote at the very end of the book in his hints chapter that reads "There was never a writer who wasn't a reader first."

This is very important because I am above all else a reader. I have been since I was a child and I've never looked back and wished to be illiterate since. It is the readers of this world who go on to write... and to make a difference...

The point is this, without reading we can not and will not advance in area of our lives. I have friend who says that he's normal... the man holds four degrees and deserves to get his doctorate but here's the thing... he doens't consider himself exceptional, just fortunate... and normal.

I think we should all be so normal.