Wallace Stegner Quotes

I've always been a reader and a writer.

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.

I was never without a book in my hand.

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

I am an avid reader.

I have been a voracious reader.

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

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

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

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

One of the most important elements of my identity is my identity as a reader. I love to read - really, if I'm honest with myself, it's practically the only activity that I truly love to do.

I started writing as soon as I started reading.

I am a bookworm.

I've always been a big reader.

I'm a bookworm.

My goal is to be surrounded by books.

I love reading, I'm such a bookworm.

Reading is such a huge part of my life.

One of my brothers read a lot. His head was forever in some book.

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

People do write books.

I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable.

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

Honestly, my entire childhood could be summed up with one word: Reader. I was always hunched over a book; in fact, I was the only kid in the world who got paler in the summer, because I'd sneak down into our cool, dank cellar and sit alone with a book for hours.

I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.