Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit.
Patti Smith
My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic... →
If people didn't read books on the subway, underground journeys would be dreary.
Russell Smith
I was given a thick paperback copy of the 'Guinness Book of Records' when I was 11 years old, and I read it gluttonously, cover to cover... →
In the best stories, people are morally complex; they are flawed. We read them because the world is flawed, and we want to see it truthfully... →
The YA category is an entirely new one, and seems to have more to do with readability than with age group or theme. The adult YA readers I know do... →
I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.
Sydney Smith
Live always in the best company when you read.
Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I... →
Wilbur Smith
I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background.