Allan poe Quote by Alexandra Adornetto

I loved reading when I was young. I was just completely taken by stories. And I remember taking that into English literature at school…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Even though novels were the love of my life, I started off writing poetry. I think because I had a knack for image and…

— Melissa Febos

I've always loved reading, and as a child I used to try desperately to write books like the ones I read.

— Tom Fletcher

I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at…

— Carol Ann Duffy

I grew up loving books and stories. Reading became my favourite pastime, and you have to be a reader before you can be a…

— Sandra Brown

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

— Adriana Trigiani

I love writing for young people. It's the literature that was most important to me, the stories that shaped me and informed my own…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love…

— Ashwin Sanghi

I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died,…

— Caroline Kennedy

I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits.

— Fay Godwin

I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced…

— Kenneth Koch

When I was in college, I really liked poetry. I don't read much anymore.

— Steve Martin