Angst Quote by C. J. Box

I'm a storyteller, and everyone in this family expresses themselves through writing to get through life's milestones.

— Joely Fisher

When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might…

— Amish Tripathi

I sometimes find that my family's emphasis on stories, characters, and art that appeals directly to children rather than over their heads to adults…

— Mike Berenstain

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my…

— Nina Bawden

My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.

— Diane Duane

One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family.

— Pat Conroy

As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find…

— Walter Dean Myers

“You ordinary people who read and do not write, who 'like to read' and know nothing of the sufferings of writers, how fortunate you…

— Joyce Carol Oates

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

I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row…

— Rick Riordan

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

— Katherine Dunn

Reading has always been in the chief joy, a never-ending topic of conversation, and often a lifesaver, in my family.

— Elizabeth Borton de Trevino