Laini Taylor Quotes

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

I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.

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

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

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

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.

As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could find.

I want to write books.

To some degree, I consider myself a writer, and so I have a strong relationship with literature.

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

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

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

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

I started writing as soon as I started reading.

Only a reader can become a writer. Develop a lively intellect and the ability to become interested in anything, no matter how mundane it might seem at first. Look for the story. Develop an eye for detail. Feed your mind and your brain: learn as much as you can about everything you can.

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

To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

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 reading almost as much as I love writing.

I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books.

When people ask me for secrets to writing, I say, 'Read to write.'

My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.