Arms Quote by Jodi Picoult

My earliest memory of books is not of reading but of being read to. I spent hours listening, watching the face of the person…

— Hisham Matar

I read like an animal. I read under the covers, I read lying in the grass, I read at the dinner table. While other…

— Nicole Krauss

When I was 5 years old, my mother read me 'Gone With The Wind' at night, before I went to bed. I remember her…

— Pat Conroy

I read my books aloud before they were published.

— Beverly Cleary

I know a lot of writers who tell me they 'always' knew how to read. They can't remember a time before reading. And those…

— Kameron Hurley

When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. I was a veracious-to-the-point-of-insane reader.

— Neil Gaiman

Like most writers, I read constantly. I used to hide in remote parts of the yard and house so I could read in peace.

— Elin Hilderbrand

I read a lot until was about 12, then as a teenager I was more interested in kissing boys. But I kept a diary…

— Dawn O'Porter

When I read Jerome D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" that was the first time I felt my mind blow open. I thought…

— Alice Hoffman

From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not simply to…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals…

— Louise Brown

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