Any Quote by Jacob Epstein

I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to…

— R. A. Salvatore

I was a very quiet kid who didn't feel normal being outgoing and running around, so all the beauty that was in my life,…

— Alison Sudol

Even today, I hunt for the fabulous books that will change me utterly. I find myself happiest in the middle of a book which…

— Pat Conroy

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

A writer's life suits me. It's fairly, well, other people might think it was actually rather dull, but that's fine because I feel that…

— Ronald Frame

When I was in my teens, I was very, very keen on being the author of a book. What the book was was secondary.…

— Tom Stoppard

Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.

— Jesse Williams

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

When I was little, I loved books that gave me lots of detail so that I felt like I could be transported to this…

— Jan Brett

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

I had literary interests my whole life. I decided at the age of five I was going to be a writer. So I had…

— Tom Robbins

I was enjoying myself writing, because I don't know what's going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You don't know…

— Haruki Murakami