Fiction Obsession Quotes

I have never been able to pay attention to anything for more than a few minutes - the stories in my head have always been so much more entertaining. Only books could pull me out of my own imagination, and then it was only to plunge me into someone else's.

I'm a professional non-fiction reader, that's what I do. But in my 20s we had our own vampire and witch moment, courtesy of Anne Rice, whose books I read and loved.

For me, Anthony Powell is a religion. I read 'A Dance to the Music of Time' every few years.

I think it was in sixth grade, though, when I picked up my first Stephen King book, which was 'It,' that knocked me over and terrified me for years. Then I never went back. I had to own every Stephen King book and read them at least three times. They would terrify me completely, but I couldn't stop. That became my preferred source of fiction.

The thing about reading is that if you are hooked, you're not going to stop just because one series is over; you're going to go and find something else.

I just wanted to live in books and in movies.

Don Quixote — I read that every year, as some do the Bible.

Anita Shreve is an author I adore. I rip through her meaty books and get off on the robust romance immensely - especially if I am feeling less than robust in my real life.

I really like vampire books. I might have a problem.

For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.

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

I discovered fantasy and science fiction when I was about 10, and read nothing else for about three years. I ran out of all the books that there were to read in the library. I was keen on reading stuff that took me to other places.

Ann Radcliffe was an early influence; I devoured her books while I should have been studying for my GCSEs.