Marina Warner Quotes

When I was a kid, all I liked were books and chocolate.

But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

As a child, I spent a lot of time at the library.

I was obsessed with Nancy Drew growing up - I couldn't get enough.

I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.

I spent more time at the library than anyone my age when I was a kid.

I was a nerdy kid.

I started re-reading 'Harry Potter' just to throw myself back into my childhood. I forgot how awesome the books are.

My love was always in books. I was just one of those avid readers. Films came later, but the stories were always present.

Everyone has a story that they read when they were younger that influenced them.

Books, books, books! I had found the secret of a garret room Piled high with cases in my father’s name; Piled high, packed large,--where, creeping in and out Among the giant fossils of my past, Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs Of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there At this or that box, pulling through the gap, In heats of terror, haste, victorious joy, The first book first. And how I felt it beat Under my pillow, in the morning’s dark, An hour before the sun would let me read! My books!

I have always loved reading. Ever since I was a young girl I had a book by my bed and would get lost in the world of make believe.

I had been, to the age of 25, a bookworm.

I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.

I didn't have picture books - there weren't many around when I was a child.

My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.

When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous.

I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.

I was into comic books as a kid.

I used to read a lot of science fiction when I was younger.

I grew up reading science fiction.

Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts around.

Fridays after school, especially when the weather was lousy, Mom would take me to the library. She'd let me check out whatever I wanted, and I checked out a lot.

I come from a family of readers. Our house smelled of book.

I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.