I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I would have liked to have read as a child. So whenever I write, I imagine myself, as a youth, reading my books, being thrilled by the incredible advances being made in physics and science.
Michio Kaku
Related I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was a... ANN HOOD Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a w... AVI When I was a kid, I figured I would be a physicist when I grew up, and then I would write science fi... TED CHIANG I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. Bu... CARL SANDBURG I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that s... NAGUIB MAHFOUZ I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself. EMILY WATSON You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off... GAIL COLLINS When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing th... ELVIS PRESLEY I loved reading when I grew up but did feel totally invisible because I couldn't see myself and ... MALORIE BLACKMAN Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just pu... JACK GANTOS Once in a while, when I first started to write pieces, I would try to write to a reader other than m... JOAN DIDION I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonde... C. JOYBELL C. Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself. GORE VIDAL I would get up at 3 in the morning and write. Or sometimes I would write at midnight. Or I would wri... BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL As a child, I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were t... SHERMAN ALEXIE I used to write in school a lot; I always liked it and used to write on my own, comic books, come up... RYAN COOGLER I read a lot. I always have, but in those two years I gorged myself on books with a voluptuous, almo... TANA FRENCH I made a list of things I wanted to do with my life, but it ended up mostly being a list of books I ... ELLIE ROSE MCKEE Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by th... MIGUEL I don't travel and tell stories, because that's not the way these days. But I write my books... LOUIS L'AMOUR I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in whic... EVAN DANDO Even as a kid, I would always imagine horrible circumstances in which I would find myself in my head... LAURA FRASER I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself. OSCAR LEVANT I don't think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to... ROBERT CARO I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. As I walked, my mind was busy fi... ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can'... CAROLINE LEAVITT I paint very messy. I throw paint around. So when I let myself do the same sort of thing with my wri... ERIN MORGENSTERN I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time ... DIANE SETTERFIELD The books I used to love as a kid, I used to read football books - and by that I mean soccer books -... BEN LLOYD-HUGHES I would enjoy venturing into music, as I do write songs and compose music! And, of course, dance, rh... JIAH KHAN As a child, I grew up the son of German immigrant parents, so I grew up being teased and called '... PETER MORGAN I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would l... IAN FRAZIER What I write, only I can write, because of my singular sensibility, so I made a deal with the creati... RODNEY CROWELL I grew up in an apartment that would have made a trailer look really decadent and nice. Pretty much ... SEANAN MCGUIRE It would make me so happy if I didn't have to write the scripts of my own books. RICHARD PRICE My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm... JACK PRELUTSKY I dream that one day I would be a published writer and people would read my books - if not, I would ... SRINIDHI.R I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something r... CATHERINE O'HARA I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something r... CATHERINE O'HARA Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at scho... ANITA DESAI I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anythin... FRANCES MAYES I believed God had wired me as a writer for a purpose, and I was squandering that purpose. I finally... TERRI BLACKSTOCK I don't spend money on books. I write them myself. LJUPKA CVETANOVA Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set th... NICOLE RICHIE I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my b... MAYA ANGELOU I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: hours spent in airless classrooms... AUDREY NIFFENEGGER I still carry the residue of the pressure I felt as a child to read and appreciate the right books. ... NOAH BAUMBACH What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be r... JANE AUSTEN I don't have any outside view of myself, and if I did, I would probably be creatively inhibited.... RACHEL KUSHNER After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses.... WALTER DEAN MYERS I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science ... JOHN UPDIKE I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do... JOHN SAYLES From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derive... DAVID GROSS My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started s... DAVID CROSBY I would love to dive into an indie film based on the streets of East Los Angeles where I grew up. If... MICHAEL TREVINO I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that... CECILY VON ZIEGESAR I have always been interested in food preparation. When I was a child, I would watch my mother cooki... JIANG BAOGUO I don't think of myself as a critic at all. I'm a reviewer and essayist. I mainly hope to sh... MICHAEL DIRDA A being who, as I grew older, lost imagination, emotion, a type of intelligence, a way of feeling th... FERNANDO PESSOA I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write becaus... ORHAN PAMUK I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept g... R. A. SALVATORE I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I ad... NAGUIB MAHFOUZ I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a c... MARY OLIVER I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, imm... RICK WAKEMAN When I look for self-help books for myself, I used to be scared that I was going to pick up a book t... VINNY GUADAGNINO I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book ... DAN BROWN I do not think I will ever write screenplays based on my books. I would not know what to cut out and... RAVI SUBRAMANIAN I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything. KARA HAYWARD I read a lot of books. Here are the books I'm using for my 9/11 project. [Wright gestures to three s... LAWRENCE WRIGHT I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books.... RAE CARSON Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. ANNE BRONTë I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a chi... GEORGE KONRAD I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how t... ALEKSANDAR HEMON I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; ... DAVID S. GOYER When I was a child, I grew up speaking French, I mean, in a French public school. So my first contac... J. M. G. LE CLEZIO I grew up reading thrillers, science fiction, fantasy - you name it - and one day I asked myself if ... ALEXI ZENTNER At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally w... KATE BECKINSALE As I inch forward to embrace my life again by being mindful, writing books, and planning adventures,... LISA J. SHULTZ As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleep... VICTORIA HANLEY As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself. DAVID FRIEDMAN I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and r... ANTONY BEEVOR I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I see myself at a certain age as not being able to play the kind of parts that would keep me stimula... ELISABETH SHUE Why read the current generation of text books when you have the ability to research and write the ne... STEVEN MAGEE When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. How... TOM GLAZER My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. ... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I like to read Bengali novels and short stories. I am not that fond of reading English books, as I d... ARIJIT SINGH Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read... AARON SWARTZ I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL As both a scientist and a humanist myself, I have struggled to understand different claims to knowle... ALAN LIGHTMAN I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS All of a sudden I became aware of a little star in one of those patches and I began looking at it in... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely t... SARAH WATERS I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this ev... TAYARI JONES I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but i... RICK RIORDAN I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them... STEVIE NICKS I like writing about what to me are like questions that I have about myself and the human condition.... KIRSTEN VANGSNESS
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