American history Quote by Rush Limbaugh

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer…

— Oprah Winfrey

I grew up reading American history.

— Jake Auchincloss

Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn, Washington in…

— Christine Gregoire

I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child.

— Chris Van Allsburg

The first book was out and for the first time we were on a book tour. Being the son of an immigrant, I'd never…

— Rene Redzepi

I didn't belong to the sort of family where the children's classics were laid on. I went to the public library and read everything…

— Pat Barker

I'd done a lot of research in Hollywood and in academia. I love research and so I wanted to kind of ground the book…

— Robert Greene

As I got into my teens, I started reading better books, beginning with the Beats and then the hippie writers, people like Wallace Stegner…

— Stephen Gaghan

I get motivation about reading about the Founding Fathers and just how much they accomplished and at such young ages in their life and…

— Nick Bosa

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

— Judy Blume

'A People's History of the United States' was actually a very big book for me. I read it in high school, and I felt…

— Greta Gerwig

As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.

— Kate DiCamillo