I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to me was me mum's illness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me because it's not their profession to do that.
What would have become of me if no one had wanted to read my books? And don't forget all those who have written of me.
I loved to read and would read anything that roused my interest, whether it was below my age level or above it, even if I could barely make sense of it.
I personally read criticism - at least by writers I enjoy - to stimulate a conversation in my own mind, and I like to think that's the function I serve for others.
I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read.
One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since.
In all honesty, I didn't love reading when I was a kid. I'd rather be running around in the woods or doing my best to scare the pants off all the children in the neighborhood by pretending my house was haunted or making them play Bloody Mary in the bathroom.
My mother had to stop me reading to make me go and get some fresh air. I used to get so annoyed. She actually had to sit on my book because, otherwise, I would find it.
Read everything! I believe that reading made me a writer.
I usually don't read things written about me and I certainly don't read things if they are inappropriate.