Awe Quote by Emma McLaughlin

When I'm about to start writing, I pull up some of my all-time-favorite re-reads to feel inspired and fall headfirst into the world of…

— Violet Duke

I read 'The Young Landlords' and felt almost a chemical change. What I realized while reading that book was that I could write in…

— Jason Reynolds

“There are countless reasons for reading, but when you’re young and uncertain of your identity, of who you may be, one of the most…

— Michael Cart

Reading was such an enrichment of my life. And it was that pleasure that I had as a very young reader probably that is…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

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

The experience of reading is very interesting because you put yourself in the character's shoes and everything they're discovering, you marry the experience.

— Ashley Zukerman

To hone my voice, I read everything, from books to cereal boxes, three times: once for fun, the second time to learn something new…

— Amanda Gorman

'Anna Karenina.' I read it in college. I was so engrossed that I couldn't stop reading it and neglected all my other studies. I…

— Jonathan Dee

I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings.

— Patti Smith

“Follow your curiosity and serve yourself a unique blend of books that no one else is reading. Read for variety. The more different types…

— Phoebe Kitanidis

And Lopate's anthology helped a lot too. It came out the same year I started grad school, and I remember the book's publication feeling…

— John D'Agata

To read is to have experiences; every book changes my life at least a little bit. The first time I can remember this happening…

— Jonathan Franzen