Adriana Trigiani Quotes

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

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

I've always been a reader and a writer.

I've loved reading all my life.

I love reading almost as much as I love writing.

I like writing books. I really love words. I love to read.

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

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

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.

Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside.

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.

I am happy to keep working on books because I'm always reading, and I'm always trying to fall in love.

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

I cannot live without books.

Reading is No. 1 - I have to read, or I can't write.

Are you a reader? If you aren't a reader, you might as well forget trying to be a writer.

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

Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It's not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children.

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.

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

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

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

I spent many hours ensconced in the local library, reading - nay, devouring - book after book after book. Books were my soul's delight.

I love reading and I love thinking - the reason that I love my books so much is that in order to write them I have to read and to think for years at a time about the same period of time.