Andrew Sean Greer 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.

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.

I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

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

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

I've always been a reader and a writer.

I think writing is an extension of a childhood habit - the habit of entertaining oneself by taking interesting bits of reality and building upon them.

I think the reason I'm a writer is because first, I was a reader. I loved to read. I read a lot of adventure stories and mystery books, and I have wonderful memories of my mom reading picture books aloud to me. I learned that words are powerful.

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

I grew up loving books and stories. Reading became my favourite pastime, and you have to be a reader before you can be a writer.

Literature has always been the greatest fuel for my imagination.

I've found that writers who don't read really can't write.

I was always writing. I've always been attracted to words and stories, communication.

I'm a big reader. And I take a lot of pictures, do a lot of writing.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

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

I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars.

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

I don't think I wrote stories down when I was young, but I certainly made them up, perhaps sometimes losing track of the border between reality and make-believe.

I've always loved writing.

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.

I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature.

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

Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.