Good thing Quote by Judy Blume

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

— Alison Bechdel

My mother insisted that her children read.

— Jimmy Buffett

“[M]y mother read a horror novel every night. She had read every one in the library. When birthdays and Christmas would come, I would…

— Dave Eggers

“A woman at one of mother's parties once said to me, "Do you like reading?" which smote us all to silence, for how could…

— Rachel Ferguson

“I will never be able to read my mothers favourite books without thinking of her - an when I pass them on or recommend…

— Will Schwalbe

“Never read anything that you wouldn't want to read out loud - - to your mother.”

— Mary Ellen Edmunds

“My interest in books started as a child. I had a voracious appetite for reading. It’s my mom’s fault really, because she read to…

— Catherine Cruzan

I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

— Ann Brashares

When I finally began to publish, my father never read my work. He'd say, 'Oh, that's your mother's sort of thing.' But my mother…

— Peter Carey

In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms come up…

— Judy Blume

My mother taught me to read.

— Fiona Shaw

My parents made reading fun for me as a kid and that's stayed with me my whole life.

— Tom Fletcher