Being Quote by A. S. Byatt

A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book since they…

— A. S. Byatt

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the…

— Amy Tan

Literature often gets taught nowadays as a record of the sins and shortcomings of the past. I see literature and the arts very differently:…

— Brian Boyd

I have never written a book that didn't teach me far more than it taught my reader.

— Isaac Asimov

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end.…

— John le Carre

My view, as one who taught it, is that the whole purpose of a literary education should be to tell people that these things…

— Guy Davenport

I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate a book…

— Rebecca Stead

I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and…

— David Nicholls

Literature has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can't think back before a time that I didn't…

— Alexandra Adornetto

Every few seconds a new book sees the light of day. Most of them will just be a part of the hum that makes…

— Ivan Klíma

I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid.

— Dan Mangan

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

— Lois Lowry