Alex Quote by Lauren Oliver

It's not surprising to me that books ended up playing a central role in my life, but it is somewhat mysterious that poetry did.

— Campbell McGrath

I really got into Osho's books. I have always loved his books. They were top notch.

— Marianne Williamson

He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood.

— Tom Perrotta

I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.

— Ai Weiwei

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

— Adriana Trigiani

I love an author the more for having been himself a lover of books.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I was once in love with books. Now they go their way and I go mine.

— Mason Cooley

I've always loved reading, and as a child I used to try desperately to write books like the ones I read.

— Tom Fletcher

All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and…

— Norman MacCaig

I'm obsessed with Nicholas Sparks. I've literally read every single book, because every time I travel, at the airport, I always buy a new…

— Emma Roberts

He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.

— Victor Hugo

When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now…

— Jack Prelutsky