Book Quote by Henry Rollins

My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and…

— Judith Viorst

Reading was my escape growing up in Ohio. Both of my parents lost their jobs when I was a teen, and it was hard.…

— Anna Todd

My parents were teachers and they went out of their way to see to it that I had books. We grew up in a…

— Alex Haley

My mom taught me to read when I was two or three. When I was five I read and wrote well enough to do…

— Chris Abani

Reading was a huge part of my life as a child - we were a family of storytellers.

— Sue Monk Kidd

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

When I was a teenager, I thought if any of my friends or people at school see me reading a book, they're gonna think…

— George Pelecanos

I remember being taught to read at a very early age. Like creepy young. I remember being in the crib, reading. My parents were…

— J. J. Abrams

When I was little, my older brother, Gary, was forced to read a book a week in fourth grade. The books he liked he…

— Keith Hernandez

I grew up in this household where reading was the most noble thing you could do. When I was a teenager, we would have…

— Keith Gessen

As a kid, I was a big reader. Books and theater were the way I understood the world, and also the way I organized…

— Greta Gerwig

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