Book Quote by Keri Russell

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 had a deprived childhood, you see. I had lots of other kids to play with and my parents bought me outdoor toys and…

— Terry Pratchett

The best books I read as a child were set in far-flung places, but also portrayed characters experiencing a life far removed from my…

— Dawn Foster

I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read.

— Alain de Botton

As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.

— Beverly Cleary

Of all my childhood books, 'The Giving Tree and Hope for the Flowers' really did change my early world, but after reading 'Momo' in…

— Devendra Banhart

“I remember the first year after my second child was born, what I can remember of it at all, as a year of disarray,…

— Anna Quindlen

There were times I should have been completely emotionally available to my kids and I wasn't there, even for reading a book with them…

— Kerry Kennedy

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

— Maurice Sendak

I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about reading. I…

— Kate Beckinsale

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end.…

— John le Carre

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