Books Quote by Ian Mcewan

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and…

— Sarah Waters

I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience.

— Adrian Tomine

Reading gave me great comfort and pleasure. When I started being able to write, around seven or eight, I wanted to be able to…

— Lynne Tillman

I felt like an outcast and turned to books, fantasy in particular, to find a place for myself. Reading took me away from this…

— Sabaa Tahir

I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very…

— Andrew Wyeth

I feel like reading really defined me as a writer because I lived my life outside of my own body for so much of…

— Stephenie Meyer

I surrender to the world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very…

— Andrew Wyeth

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

Writers are voracious readers. Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me to the…

— Gloria Naylor

Books became my world because the world I was in was very hard.

— Alice Walker

Eventually, I realised that I wanted to try to create something myself, and that's what writing novels is. Not because I wanted to put…

— Chris Pavone

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black