Garth Nix Quotes

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

I was a reader as a child, believe it or not.

My mother was working on her college degree throughout my childhood, and being the youngest in the family, that meant being dragged to a lot of her classes. She majored in playwriting, so I was exposed to theatre from a very young age, and it was just the most magical world to me. I never really wanted to do anything else.

You can't write if you don't read.

I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one point, I checked out all the books in the fairy tale section. I remember the librarian's quiet smile as I'd bring back one stack and exchange it for another.

I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

I grew up in a place where books were very, very scarce, and I loved to read. I used to read the writing on my breakfast Ovaltine over and over again because it was in front of me, and I couldn't help but read anything that was in front of me.

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 I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.

I grew up in a house with very few books.

We have a host of English teachers in the family. My mum is an English teacher, and so are my dad, my aunt and my uncle. I have grown up with family writing competitions, and I can't remember a birthday or Christmas present that didn't include books.

I started writing as soon as I started reading.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

Read everything! I believe that reading made me a writer.

I didn't read children's books when I was a child. The only books in our house were ration books.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful thing that life had to offer. I think I wrote my very first piece of fiction at the age of 12, but then I didn't write any more for quite a long time.

I grew up in a house full of books.

When I was young, my parents had a library in our living room. I was always free to browse and read.

Reading is No. 1 - I have to read, or I can't write.

I have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life.

We've always read to the kids, every night both kids get books. That's really important, and they love books. Our daughter is obsessed with reading and books, so it's really sweet. She has her own little personal library.

I would always read a lot.

Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me that's a distant second. When I see a child clutching a book... to his or her tiny bosom, I'm moved. Children can possess a book in a way they can never possess a video game, a TV show, or a Darth Vader doll. A book comes alive when they read it. They give it life themselves by understanding it.