Anita Desai Quotes

The idea there were kids out there who didn't love to read and write just as much as I did struck me. So I went around schools and tried to make other kids love to read and write.

The only time I felt I was different was when one of my friends said, 'I hate reading' and I stared at her like, 'What kind of an alien creature are you?!' Because it was so incomprehensible to me that someone could dislike reading! That really started my desire to help other children love reading and writing.

I've always loved writing. It was always what I wanted to do.

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.

I love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.

And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven.

It's hard to imagine my life not writing. I love it.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

And I love writing. I've always loved writing.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know?

Ever since I was a kid, I have loved writing. It has always been one of my passions.

What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.

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

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

I've always loved writing.

I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for.

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.

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

I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

I knew I loved writing, and I was raised by people who love books.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.