Emotional Quote by 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

Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to…

— Nancy Pearl

Reading has made such a profound difference to my life. I'm sure I became a writer because of the power of literature in my…

— Katherine Paterson

I feel like reading really defined me as a writer because I lived my life outside of my own body for so much of…

— Stephenie Meyer

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

— Katherine Paterson

When I am so intensely involved with writing my books, I don't like to reread them. I feel like that story is done.

— Michael Connelly

Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.

— Jen Lancaster

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.

— Bret Easton Ellis

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

— Adriana Trigiani

I know a lot of writers who tell me they 'always' knew how to read. They can't remember a time before reading. And those…

— Kameron Hurley

I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to…

— R. A. Salvatore

For one reason or another, I became a passionate reader when I was very little. As soon as I could read, I wanted to…

— Paul Auster