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When I was a kid I was a huge reader, I always had a book in my hand.

— Shannon Purser

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

— Benjamin Franklin

As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.

— Diablo Cody

First book was handwritten, then the printing press, now we've got our Kindles. To be able to push a button and a dictionary comes…

— Lore Segal

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…

— Julianne Moore

Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference.

— Coy Bowles

I had a lot of reading problems growing up.

— Dav Pilkey

I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to…

— Alan Bradley

I was four or five, and my mother gave me a big black tablet, because I kept complaining that I was bored. She said,…

— Joan Didion

I have nothing from my childhood. I think you carry those books with you. It's like in [Ray] Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451." Books are outlawed…

— Alice Hoffman

Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts around.

— David Grann

“My favorite book is The Mysterious Island. I order my books from a flimsy catalog the teacher hands out to every student in the…

— Greg Iles