Chris Cleave Quotes

Even as a little kid, I told lots of stories, and I wrote them down, and I loved reading fiction and fantasy.

I started writing stories as a child.

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

I hope to continue writing. I hope to continue teaching.

Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.

I have always written. I was one of those kids who would always fill exercise books with girls and telepathic ponies.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

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

My love of literature goes back to my childhood.

Writing gave me the world.

When I was young, I drew as often as I wrote.

I started writing my own things when I was about 8.

I do like writing. When I was a little kid, I used to love writing funny, silly stories - and my mom would always encourage it. I don't know why I ever stopped!

I'd been writing stories since I was a child. I wrote little books for my mom and bound them myself with needle and thread. Mostly, they were about my pets.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.

When I was in fourth grade... this wonderful teacher said you didn't have to write a book report, you could just talk about the book, you could do a drawing of the book, you could write a play inspired by the book, and that's what I did. I got to be so famous. I had to go around to every school and perform it. It was just so natural and fun.

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.

Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.

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

Ever since I was 7 years old, I was writing. I remember being in the basement of my house, this dank, horrible basement, putting on plays with not-very-willing participants, and I would promise kids in the neighborhood that I'd play Nintendo 64 with them after we'd rehearse this stupid play that I wrote.

You become a great writer by writing.

My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.

I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.