Books Quote by Fiona Shaw

I learned reading and writing from my mother.

— Sudha Murty

My mother taught me how to write.

— Kesha

My mother insisted that her children read.

— Jimmy Buffett

I just read everything I could get my hands on. I taught myself to read or my mother taught me. Who knows how I…

— Joan Didion

My mother was an English teacher before she became a full-time mom, and a huge proponent of reading, so she made sure I was…

— Matt Wagner

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

— Caroline Kennedy

My mother taught me to read in part by reading me Walt Disney comics, and I never stopped.

— Diana Gabaldon

My dad's passion was to teach adults to read so they could read to their kids.

— Jennie Garth

My mother taught me how to love.

— John David Washington

My mother brought us to the library every week, and I read a lot. That's what kept me company. I went from school to…

— Julianne Moore

My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read…

— Vik Muniz

Once upon a time, I sat in my mother's lap as she turned the pages of Golden Books, and I gradually learned to read.

— Michael Dirda