Book Quote by Dan Mangan

I was a literature major in college and that was my thing, books.

— Jodie Foster

I grew up on Jane Austen novels and was a massive literature fanatic when I was a kid - I read everything I could…

— Georgia King

I have read a number of books, starting with novels, that I particularly liked.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Writing was something I have always been interested in. I've grown up in a household full of books, with both my parents English teachers…

— Alexandra Adornetto

I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.

— Ken Follett

I majored in English in college and that was my major in graduate school before switching to creative writing. I read a lot of…

— Stephen Dobyns

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

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

— Tom Fletcher

When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite writers.

— Ruskin Bond

I read an awful lot in college - a lot of Dickens, a lot of 19th century American stuff, a lot of old mysteries.…

— Josh Lieb

I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high…

— Philipp Meyer

At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United…

— Kate Beckinsale