Book Quote by Hill Harper

My first book was an open letter to my three daughters.

— Carol Burnett

My first two books, 'Letters to a Young Brother' and 'Letters to a Young Sister,' were... distributed pretty widely. Judges in juvenile justice facilities…

— Hill Harper

I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read.

— Shimon Peres

I was writing my first book when I was in college. I was a teenager.

— Jenny Han

And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I…

— Peter Ackroyd

The young people have read my book. Now I have no chance.

— Efim Bogoljubov

First book was handwritten, then the printing press, now we've got our Kindles. To be able to push a button and a dictionary comes…

— Lore Segal

I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.

— Sara Sheridan

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

— St. Lucia

I was shy. Bookish. The kind of 13-year-old girl who, instead of having a boyfriend, would have a crush on a dead, 19th-century author!

— Natalie Merchant