Big deal Quote by Robert Redford

My parents were willing to spend time and invest time in my hobbies, no matter how odd they seemed. When I was really young,…

— Daniel Schwartz

We didn't have much money. My whole extended family used to help us, and buy us books and food. It was hard, and there…

— Maria das Gracas Silva Foster

We had a great childhood and boyhood. It was a wonderful time through those years. A lot of it was through the Depression years,…

— James Arness

As a kid, I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during the summer…

— Neil Gaiman

It was a normal childhood, like the childhoods of all children my age: going to school, playing in the street with friends, spending time…

— Sadio Mane

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was…

— Patti Smith

Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts around.

— David Grann

Growing up, it was about finding a way to entertain myself outdoors. We spent all the summers on the beach, camping with my family…

— Stephen Colletti

As a child, I wanted only two things - to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away from my…

— Julie Burchill

We were quite a middle class family, but we had access to all the good things in life, be it books or access to…

— Kiran Rao

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my…

— Nikki Giovanni

I was a child of American popular culture. All I did as a kid was what I could get at the local supermarket or…

— Robert Crumb