Animal Quote by Melvin Burgess

I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was…

— John Irving

I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid.

— Dan Mangan

Writing was something I have always been interested in. I've grown up in a household full of books, with both my parents English teachers…

— Alexandra Adornetto

I grew up loving books and stories. Reading became my favourite pastime, and you have to be a reader before you can be a…

— Sandra Brown

What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said,…

— Patricia Reilly Giff

My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a…

— Tess Gerritsen

When I was a kid and wanted to grow up to be a writer, I assumed I would be writing about animals and children…

— Sigrid Nunez

I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had…

— Karin Slaughter

[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of course she…

— Jenna Bush

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

— Goh Chok Tong

I had the most incredible English and literature teachers in school, and it really influenced my love of storytelling. It's what made me excited…

— Sophia Bush

I was a scholarship minor public school day boy at Ardingly College and later Whitgift School. Then, straight into work as a journalist -…

— Neil Gaiman