Book Quote by Tom T. Hall

I write incredibly slowly. And, on top of that, I spent my entire youth and twenties working like a dog, so one of the…

— Junot Diaz

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

— Rick Riordan

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative…

— Zig Ziglar

The two things that constantly inspired me were books and travel.

— Patti Smith

Reading gave me great comfort and pleasure. When I started being able to write, around seven or eight, I wanted to be able to…

— Lynne Tillman

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and…

— Sarah Waters

I read books when I was a kid, lots of books. Books always seemed like magic to me. They took you to the most…

— Pat Murphy

I thought I was a pretty good writer, but I didn't have anything to write about. I wanted to go out in the world,…

— Shane Smith

Reading was my hobby, my sport and my activity of choice. It was the prime pleasure of my days, an unfailing escape from whatever…

— Cynthia Voigt

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

My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same…

— Ted Dekker

I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very…

— Andrew Wyeth