Adults Quote by Drew Barrymore

I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.

— Anne Tyler

When I was little, my older brother, Gary, was forced to read a book a week in fourth grade. The books he liked he…

— Keith Hernandez

I do have a regular childhood.

— Paris Jackson

One of the things I loved about my childhood was that I didn't feel like I lost my innocence too young, like some children…

— Danielle de Niese

Funny enough, I don't really recall being read kids' books as a child. I think my truly favorite thing to do was flipping through…

— Julio Torres

My childhood was great. We never had much but we were happy. I was a handful, though, and I did some naughty things.

— Nigel Benn

Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.

— Taylor Momsen

And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I…

— Peter Ackroyd

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

— Alison Bechdel

I had a fairly regular childhood. I was a pretty boring kid. I didn't do much. I was always thinking, but I didn't really…

— Alessia Cara

When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade kinds of…

— Lauren DeStefano

I've always loved children's books - it's not that I didn't like them, I just didn't think I wanted to do that. But then…

— Brian Selznick