Elin Hilderbrand Quotes

I'm not that big of a reader, to be honest.

Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time.

I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.

I read more than I do anything else, probably. I read about three books a week.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.

I'm actually not a big reader.

I think the biggest thing, where my passionate-ness comes from, is that I love reading, and it is something that I really care about.

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know.

As a kid, I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during the summer holidays, and I would walk home at night. For several years, I read the children's library until I finished the children's library. Then I moved into the adult library and slowly worked my way through them.

I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot. I think I'll always be more of a reader than a writer, definitely. There are sooo many books in the world I haven't read, sometimes I feel as if they're all piled on top of my head weighing me down and saying, 'Hurry up.'

Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.

I'm obsessed with books.

I read all the time. People ask, 'Do you read while you work?' And I say, 'I better.' I take two or three years to finish one of my enormous books, and I can't go that long without reading.

The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.

I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.

I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember.

What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.

I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under my desk.

I spend 12 hours a day reading on most days of the year.

I'm, like, a real nerd, in that I will take a book that is three inches thick and disappear and not leave until it's done.

No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night.

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

I have to read once a day, or I become cranky.

My night stand is permanently jammed with books I want to read.