Circles Quote by Beverly Cleary

I was the quiet kid in the corner, reading a book. In elementary school, I read so much and so often during class that…

— Cassandra Clare

As a child, I was very shy. Painfully, excruciatingly shy. I hid a lot in my room. I was so terrified to read out…

— Kim Basinger

My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something I didn't…

— John Updike

In fourth grade I had a high school reading level, but I didn't want to go to school and I didn't feel I belonged…

— Freddie Prinze

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm…

— Ann Bancroft

I had a bad time in school in the first grade. Because I had been a rather lonely child on a farm, but I…

— Beverly Cleary

It was tough for me at school... trying to blend in and get along with other kids. I was an oddity and kids are…

— Kimora Lee Simmons

My first day in grade school, I was plain scared. I left the comfort of my run-down house, which I loved, and went to…

— Michael Keaton

I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or…

— Barbara Corcoran

As a child, I was afraid of everything. My parents were shy, the kind of people for whom it is an ordeal to go…

— Sylvie Guillem

I spent a lot of my life afraid as a kid, even throughout high school.

— Steven Crowder

I hated reading - I was not a 'good kid' - but I was determined when I put my mind to something.

— Susie Wolff