Book Quote by Jonathan Franzen

I love to read about anger. A "feel bad" book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history of literature…

— John Waters

“i have read a couple of children's book. But this book is amazing”

— Anonymous

The first book I really loved was 'Little Women' - I'd have given anything for Beth to have been allowed to live; I remember…

— Helen Oyeyemi

The Princess Bride S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure You had to admire a guy who called his own new…

— William Goldman

Many of the books I loved as a kid, that even my mother read as a child, are very slow going. Today's children are…

— Lois Lowry

I've always loved children's books - it's not that I didn't like them, I just didn't think I wanted to do that. But then…

— Brian Selznick

The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I've read so often that I've internalized them in some really essential way:…

— Donna Tartt

I'm halfway through Patti Smith's memoir 'Just Kids,' which is heart-stoppingly vivid. It drips with beauty and hope and devastating candour. I don't want…

— Hattie Morahan

“Book lovers love books!" her mother announced. "There's romance about the books- even having them seems to have a kind of excitement." from Mr.…

— Chris Van Allsburg

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

I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder in life.…

— Leo Lionni

Reading was such a formative part of my childhood (along with 'Loony Tunes'), that it is difficult to pin point the most influential book.…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald