Library Quote by Sharon M. Draper

As a shy, introverted, scholarly child (long ago) I don't know what I would have done without libraries! My family moved often. I was…

— Lois Lowry

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

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid,

— Carl Hiaasen

I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read…

— Tom T. Hall

I grew up having the library as the best place ever. I spent a lot of weekends there as a kid - my parents…

— Karin Slaughter

Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being.

— Laurie R. King

Libraries are my passion in life. Before I became mayor (of Los Angeles), I used to sneak out here during lunchtime...and I'd go to…

— Richard Riordan

Without the library, I would have been lost.

— Jesmyn Ward

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

I spent all my time at school in the library. Bad teachers can teach you to learn on your own.

— Gregory Colbert

I just have this feeling that if it weren't for the Gloversville Free Library that I probably would not be a writer.

— Richard Russo

I wouldn't be where I am today without the amazing public arts education that I had.

— Matthew Morrison