Allowed Quote by Asa Larsson

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 tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little.

— Honeysuckle Weeks

I had hundreds of books under my skin already. Not selected reading, all of it. Some of it could be called trashy. I had…

— Zora Neale Hurston

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 have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case,…

— Rick Riordan

I'm not a good reader. I had to take remedial reading in school. I was a slow reader and therefore it's tough for me…

— Bruce Dern

I was always a big reader, mostly because my parents were.

— Sarah Dessen

“A literary expert friend once told me that the way to teach your child to love and respect reading is not to read to…

— Karen Karbo

I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would more or…

— Andrea Barrett

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

I became a reader - never mind a writer - because of Stephen King.

— Paul G. Tremblay

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