Book Quote by Michael Easton

I have my favorite authors, but in reality, my mother did. Though she's never written a book, she paved the way for me to.

— Franny Armstrong

My mother was a reader, and she read to us. She read us Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when I was six and my…

— Stephen King

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

— Robert Cormier

My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and…

— Judith Viorst

[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 was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to…

— Alan Bradley

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.

— Anne Lamott

My parents were teachers and they went out of their way to see to it that I had books. We grew up in a…

— Alex Haley

I grew up with probably three different authors having a seminal influence on my childhood, Dr. Seuss being one and Maurice Sendak being another.…

— Christopher Meledandri

I read Stephen King as a junior high schooler. My father introduced me to Stephen King far too young, which I'm very grateful for…

— Bridget Carpenter

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

When I finally began to publish, my father never read my work. He'd say, 'Oh, that's your mother's sort of thing.' But my mother…

— Peter Carey