Books Quote by Tamzin Outhwaite

Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.

— Richard Wright

I was read to as a small child, I read on my own as soon as I could, and I recall being more or…

— Marilynne Robinson

But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

— Jack Vance

I went to an extreme for literary purposes because I felt all the self-help books out there were so gooey and Pollyanna-ish and nauseating.…

— Robert Greene

The second I learned to read in first grade, when I was 5, I preferred it to life. And I still do.

— Fran Lebowitz

I had to rehabilitate my mind and so I started reading more, and I became a better person.

— Rich Homie Quan

My life has been greatly influenced by many books which I have never read.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

I loved all books that I could read, and I never knew if I was ready for it until I tried to read it,…

— Neil Gaiman

To read is to have experiences; every book changes my life at least a little bit. The first time I can remember this happening…

— Jonathan Franzen

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read.

— Peter Davison

That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read

— Anonymous