Judith Viorst Quotes

I was always a big reader, mostly because my parents were.

Whenever there's an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to encourage other writers to write and encourage folks to read more and get connected to it in a personal way, it's a positive thing.

I'd always been a big reader. I credit my mom for giving me my love of reading.

As a reader since very early, I have found myself drawn to rants.

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

I'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time.

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

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 was one of those children they used to call 'readers.'

I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.

I've always been a big reader.

I love to read, and I've always loved to write.

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

I've always been a voracious reader.

I'm always reading books.

I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books.

I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.

My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of the municipal library, and she brought home two or three books a week for me. They could be dime novels or Balzac.

I mean, when you're tired of book reviews, you're tired of life.

This is what I believe is most important: getting good books into the hands of kids - books that will make them want to say, 'Wow, that was great. Give me another one to read.'

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

Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books.

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have.

I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.

I could read at a very early age and I loved stories, losing myself in stories, novels.