Adult Quote by Daniel Tammet

In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts of writing…

— Evelyn Lau

I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had…

— Akhil Sharma

Writers are voracious readers. Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me to the…

— Gloria Naylor

I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've…

— Alexandra Fuller

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher…

— Jackie Collins

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

— Enrique Pena Nieto

In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I'm having with the writers I read when I was first falling in…

— Dan Chaon

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the…

— Margaret Haddix

I'm such a fangirl when it comes to other writers. I read 250 books a year, and I'm always talking up books by other authors.

— Jen Lancaster

“Books have been vastly important in my life - as both a reader and a writer. I've learned that the great gift of literature…

— Bob Smith

I was very lucky to befriend many authors before even signing with an agent, and they were all so supportive of me when I…

— Adam Silvera