Books Quote by Lynne Tillman

When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised that was…

— Adora Svitak

Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world. That's why…

— Bette Midler

“I think the need for reading boils down to one simple issue: children are selfish. Reading about other people creates a sense of balance…

— Alan Bennett

The main problem with people not reading to their children is the lack of a bridge between schools and families, so that children don't…

— Michael Rosen

Reading makes me want to write my own books, and just trying to understand what I see in the world around me makes me…

— Gretchen Rubin

The moment your kid's born you realize no one knows anything. No one goes to classes. You just have a kid. You can read…

— Hugh Jackman

In many ways, the ability to read is the great divide that separates the very young from everyone else. Once we've joined the conspiracy…

— Patricia T. O'Conner

When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your…

— Anonymous

Reading is the scourge of childhood because, in a sense, it creates adulthood.

— Neil Postman

I spent my childhood in the country and started reading even before going to school. There was nothing else in my life but sketching…

— Karl Lagerfeld

It is the large aggregate of small things perpetually occurring that robs me of all my time. The expense of learning to read might…

— Hannah More

I did not even go to kindergarten; I just started first grade when I was five and started reading right away. I don't know…

— Joan Ganz Cooney