Quotes About Reading

No book has ever made me laugh as much as 'I, Partridge.'

I read a lot of books; I am a lazy person when I don't work!

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

Of course, you can't legislate for how people are going to read.

I was a librarian.

Public libraries were a huge source of comfort and joy for me when I was growing up. I still spend time there.

And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.

My mother brought us to the library every week, and I read a lot. That's what kept me company. I went from school to school, but there was always reading.

Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'

We've always read to the kids, every night both kids get books. That's really important, and they love books. Our daughter is obsessed with reading and books, so it's really sweet. She has her own little personal library.

I fall for all those lists of 100 books you must read, and go out and buy most of them.

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.

I'm nothing if not a literary hedonist.

As a reader, I try to love all the literary forms equally, but I probably read novels most often.

There's definitely a value in being literate.

I think any good literature, whether it's for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children's literature goes, adults should be able to read it and enjoy it as much as a child would.

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

When I was a little girl, I was a real, drippy bookworm. But when I went into fashion, I stopped reading.

Even as a little kid, I told lots of stories, and I wrote them down, and I loved reading fiction and fantasy.

When I'm feeling a little empty in the head, I like to go see movies or read to loosen things up there.

I would always be embarrassed to read out loud in class because I would transpose words and letters and things.

These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important.

I'm an English teacher, so I'm used to reading and I'm used to reading out loud.

I read a lot of Louis L'amour Western books.