Reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. — Jim James Copy Share Image
The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up. — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials. — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
“The pleasure of the text is that moment when my body pursues its own ideas—for my body does not have the same… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Compulsive reading relieves the anxiety that comes from tramping through the forest of meditation in search of clearings.” — Sylvain Tesson Copy Share Image
When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly — Jen Knox Copy Share Image
A baby's a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when you're pregnant, or you'd probably jump off a… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily think I look to books for ideas, but sometimes when I'm in the process of reading a great book,… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
I came from a house full of books, so I took reading for granted. I was an outdoorsy little kid, too, so… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I remember I had a copy of 'David Copperfield' that I lugged around at primary school. I started reading it when I… — Victoria Coren Mitchell Copy Share Image
“There are adventures of the spirit and one can travel in books and interest oneself in people and affairs. One need never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Now that I'm taking some time off from school, I've been reading a lot to make sure I don't forget everything. It's… — Fred Savage Copy Share Image
For me, the difference between a musician reading an arrangement on a piece of paper, and them closing their eyes and listening… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
“Hope knew that her thinking regarding books went contrary to the general sentiment of the people of Eden. Books were seen as… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
I was under twenty when I deliberately put it to myself one night after good conversation that there are moments when we… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Border crossing' is a recurrent theme in all aspects of my work -- editing, writing, and painting. I'm interested in the various… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“We can trace the communitarian fantasy that lies at the root of all humanism back to the model of a literary society,… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
I actually come from comics, and I'm big on comics. I was reading 'Walking Dead' from the beginning. Then just being on… — Scott M. Gimple Copy Share Image
Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages. — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
My partner doesn't read. He's not illiterate - he just chooses not to read - and I love reading. I'm obsessed with… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
“The presence of the Lord destroys a life of struggle. You will struggle until you encounter His presence.” — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
“Grosse plodders they were all, that had some learning and reading, but no wit to make use of it.” — Thomas Nashe Copy Share Image
“You get to know someone better not when they talk about themselves, but when they talk about others” — S.E. SEVER Copy Share Image
As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child. — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Every successful business professional I know is constantly learning, reading, growing in their field. — Rachel Hollis Copy Share Image
“You don't see people getting pulled over by the police for reading ebooks on their smartphones.” — Jason Merkoski Copy Share Image
Reading aloud to other people is wonderful - if you have people who will suffer it. — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
“Experience life, pick up a good book and appreciate the moment, for the moment, not the replay.” — Serina Hartwell Copy Share Image
Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
“Is it not a pity when some stylistic subtlety is lost without trace by the reader's inattention?” — David John Richards Copy Share Image
“To find out what a story's really about,' the Librarian said, 'you don't ask the writer. You ask the reader .” — Emily Winfield Martin Copy Share Image
My reading ability is that of an 11-year-old. I've had a test. I was alright with numbers, but not reading. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
“To be original is not creating your own idea; it's the essence of the idea in the reader's mind.” — Kaela Marooney Copy Share Image
