Books Quote by Bill Bryson

A high percentage of each of my books has been written in Des Moines.

— J. Courtney Sullivan

I grew up in a house with very few books.

— Ken Livingstone

I grew up in a house full of books.

— Gillian Flynn

When I was growing up, my house was filled with books. My mother was an educator, and my father was a history buff, so…

— Jeff Kinney

I still live in Des Moines.

— Shawn Crahan

I grew up in a rural area. Books are what helped me transcend my circumstances.

— Charlamagne tha God

My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the…

— Alejandro Amenabar

I'm really lucky that I grew up in a house full of books.

— Tom Fletcher

My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a…

— Tess Gerritsen

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my life.

— Terri Windling

I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father was a…

— John Irving

My childhood in Arlington, Va., a middle class suburb of Washington, was uneventful. Ours was a very intellectual family, and we were encouraged to…

— David Gross