Book Quote by John Grisham

Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something…

— John Grisham

Like every child growing up in America, I read 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn.' I liked them well enough, but I…

— Caroline Lawrence

“My parents placed a high value on reading, starting with the King James Bible, and one whole wall of our living room was filled,…

— John R. Erickson

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

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories…

— David Walliams

When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade kinds of…

— Lauren DeStefano

My father went to work by train every day. It was half an hour's journey each way, and he would read a paperback in…

— Maeve Binchy

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

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

I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the…

— Margaret Haddix

When I was a kid, I loved having a book in my hand. I still do. I wasn't a fast reader, but I was…

— Rhea Perlman

I have always loved books, and as a mother, I wanted to share my passion for reading with my children.

— Aerin Lauder