Celebrate Quote by Harold Bloom

Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old…

— Patrick Modiano

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 was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer…

— Mark Twain

I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up.

— Sophie Kinsella

My father read Charles Dickens to us as children, and at the end of virtually every novel he would choke up and start to…

— Malcolm Gladwell

When I was a little girl, my first link to the world was as a reader. Sometimes, I feel a nostalgia for those times,…

— Leila Slimani

I admire Charles Dickens, mostly for the texture of his writing and the colourful characters he created. His work gives us, I think, a…

— David Essex

I became a reader - never mind a writer - because of Stephen King.

— Paul G. Tremblay

I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and…

— David Nicholls

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

I know that something dies when i give up my books, and that my memory keeps going back to them with mournful nostalgia.

— Alberto Manguel