Book Quote by Laura Linney

I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book…

— Patti Smith

Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read.

— Eric Allin Cornell

As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.

— Diablo Cody

My grandfather and mother were school teachers, so there was always some discussion around books.

— Sudha Murty

When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that…

— Ahmet Zappa

On the first day of school, I tell all my students to rip up their textbooks, and then I leave before their real teacher…

— Victoria Beryl Zelinski

Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference.

— Coy Bowles

Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back…

— Jack Gantos

I tell my students all the time is, for better or worse, no publisher is going to come wrench your story out of your…

— Melissa Febos

I had/have a habit of sending books out before they're ready. And then I edit with almost absurd intensity. But I've done about a…

— Shane McCrae

All my high school papers were written in the rare book room.

— Anonymous

I wrote all the time, and I had teachers who encouraged it.

— Jacqueline Woodson