I grew up reading American history.

...but I preferred reading the American landscape as we went along. Every bump, rise, and stretch in it mystified my longing.

— Jack Kerouac

I think New York is working its way into my poems. It takes a while for a place to filter its way onto the…

— Nick Laird

“Reading American photographs is also a way of reading the past-not just the scenes recorded and the faces immobilized into permanent images, but the…

— Alan Trachtenberg

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an…

— Russell Banks

I grew up reading books about heroic collies.

— Cathleen Schine

I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and…

— Paul Ryan

I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them.

— Salman Rushdie

I grew up reading Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

— Kalidou Koulibaly

I'm a bit more of a suspense reader on the adult side, but my favorites were the ones I grew up reading.

— Jennifer Armentrout

I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see if I was ranked.

— Michael Pena

One of my favorite books [The Stand] of all time. I grew up reading it.

— Rob Lowe

I grew up reading comic books. Super hero comic books, Archie comic books, horror comic books, you name it.

— Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi.

— Kris Holden-Ried

I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid.

— Armie Hammer

I grew up reading SF in the '70s and '80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully realized worlds.

— Kim Harrison