As an only child lacking siblings and playmates, I was alone a great deal of the time. Much of this was spent reading virtually anything I could get my hands on.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was alone as a child. I lived in fairytales, adventures, Shakespeare. They are the friends, my books.
When I was growing up, the place I felt least alone was when I was reading.
As is said about most writers, on the one hand, all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing. On the other hand, the more I read, the more I felt this well-known fissure between me and the world.
I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.'
As a child, I spent a lot of time at the library.
I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.
From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that.
I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house.
Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember.
I have two little children. I didn't want to be missing their childhood while I was away, busy writing about children.