Big deal Quote by Gillian Flynn

When you bump into your own mom at an orgy, it's hard not to get her to read into certain things.

— Russell Brand

When I finally began to publish, my father never read my work. He'd say, 'Oh, that's your mother's sort of thing.' But my mother…

— Peter Carey

My parents gave me that gift of "reading is a good thing." I mean my mother was afraid of everything. But she was never…

— Judy Blume

Quoting her mother: The trouble with a book is you never know what's in it until it's too late!

— Jeanette Winterson

In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms come up…

— Judy Blume

“Mom taught me not to look away from the worst but to believe that we can all do better. She never wavered in her…

— Will Schwalbe

My mom told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't get too anxious about it.

— David Giuntoli

“A woman at one of mother's parties once said to me, "Do you like reading?" which smote us all to silence, for how could…

— Rachel Ferguson

My mother insisted that her children read.

— Jimmy Buffett

If my mother hadn't encouraged me, I would be nervous and feeling like I'm doing something wrong.

— Alek Wek

The best way to get kids to read a book is to say: 'This book is not appropriate for your age, and it has…

— Philip Pullman

I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about reading. I…

— Kate Beckinsale