Becoming Quote by Tess Gerritsen

For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks on a…

— David Nicholls

As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from…

— Ed Bradley

I was a voracious reader and the library fed my curiosity, imagination and my soul. I read by the shelf - biographies, fantasy -…

— Susan Sarandon

I grew up loving books and stories. Reading became my favourite pastime, and you have to be a reader before you can be a…

— Sandra Brown

I grew up in the suburbs among highly educated people, in a house crammed with books. It was a culture rich in ideas, stimulation,…

— Stephen Hunter

My mom was a librarian, so I spent most of my childhood in libraries, learning to love their potential for imagination and knowledge.

— Amelia Dimoldenberg

When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite writers.

— Ruskin Bond

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

Reading was my escape growing up in Ohio. Both of my parents lost their jobs when I was a teen, and it was hard.…

— Anna Todd

Without the local library in my neighborhood, I don’t think I would have grown up to be a writer or a teacher.

— Sharon M. Draper

When I was growing up, my house was filled with books. My mother was an educator, and my father was a history buff, so…

— Jeff Kinney

Reading was a huge part of my life as a child - we were a family of storytellers.

— Sue Monk Kidd