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I have on my bookshelf a book called 'Movie Monsters' by Alan Ormsby, a kids' book I got when I was in kindergarten. It started there.

— Jason Henderson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.

— Jesse Williams

My book 'The Exciting Adventures of Boo' was first published when I was fifteen. It is a children's book with ten different stories. In each story, the main character Boo learns a lesson - one of the ten most important lessons I learned as a kid. I also donated all the money from my books I personally sold to my local ASPCA Animal Shelter.

— Manika

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math.

— William Joyce

By the time I was 10 or 12, I had discovered the lure of the romance genre - and the dusty copy of 'The Thorn Birds' on my parents' bookshelf.

— Sarah MacLean

My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s and '40s. I liked scary books.

— Alejandro Amenabar

My first book was a car crash. I tried to find all the copies and destroy them.

— John Burnside

✗Opposing Perspectives

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

— Maurice Sendak

When I was a lecturer at UC Berkeley, I wrote a book about monsters.

— Annalee Newitz

When I was growing up, if there was a Young Adult section of my town's library, I missed it. I wandered right from 'The Babysitter's Club' over to Stephen King. His books were big and fat and they seemed important. I eventually worked my way through most of the shelf, but 'It' is the one that stuck with me.

— Erin Morgenstern

My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time.

— Ed Emberley