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Reading taught me how to write.

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

My mother brought us to the library every week, and I read a lot. That's what kept me company. I went from school to school, but there was always reading.

I didn't learn how to read until I was at the end of fifth grade and 11 years old and held back.

My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read - she read words rather than syllables. And as a result of that, when I entered school, it took me a long time to learn how to write.

My grandmother, who taught me how to cook, didn't know how to read.

I learned to read at two. I was in a Montessori school and they teach you to read really, really young.