Books Quote by Melissa Bank

I wasn't reading it [the Bible] as literature. I was reading it as literature, and as history, and as a moral guide, and as…

— David Plotz

I was a late bloomer when it came to reading. My parents didn't really read. Neither one of my parents went to college. I…

— Michelle Zauner

Reading was really my only training in fiction writing. I never took a class or read a book on how to write. I just…

— Stephenie Meyer

I have always been a reader. I was one of those kids desperate to learn. I would read anything.

— Kate DiCamillo

Literature, the study of literature in English in the 19th century, did not belong to literary studies, which had to do with Greek, Latin,…

— Robert Hass

I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

In high school I was drawn to the study of literature, poetry Shakespeare, contemporary fiction, drama, you name it - I read it.

— Frederick Lenz

From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not simply to…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

I loved reading when I was young. I was just completely taken by stories. And I remember taking that into English literature at school…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I grew up reading a lot on literature and all of that.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

“To enjoy and learn from what you read you must understand the meanings of the words a writer uses. You do yourself a grave…

— Charles Harrington Elster