Books Quote by Stephenie Meyer

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we…

— John Green

I've never taken any classes or had formal training in writing novels. At its most basic, I learned how to structure a novel.

— Dennis Green

For me, before I learned how to read I was really interested in story and in landscape and nature. I decided to become a…

— Rebecca Solnit

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when…

— Linda Sue Park

I primarily read fiction, and I read a good many wonderful books while writing 'The Visibles.'

— Sara Shepard

I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

— Jon Krakauer

From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not simply to…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

— Daniel Pinkwater

I always loved books. I don't remember learning to read, it was just something I always did. I was hungry for knowledge, I guess,…

— Dolly Parton

I have always been a reader. I was one of those kids desperate to learn. I would read anything.

— Kate DiCamillo

I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.

— Jonathan Lethem

Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to…

— Nancy Pearl