I'm pretty omnivorous - in fact, I don't think of books in terms of genres. J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' books are… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
It's probably naive of me, but when I read this pilot of 'Abbott,' I knew it was gonna go. Whether I'm there… — Janelle James Copy Share Image
I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
Reading texts is no substitute for meditation and practicing Zen. If you read a book about a place, and you want to… — Bill Porter Copy Share Image
If you're reading a mystery novel, you kind of want the character to solve the crime instead of completely bumble their way… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
The big problem in America is that everyone is spending 2-3 hours a day watching TV. If you spend that same amount… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“Reading is a respite from the restlessness of technology, but it's not only that. It's how I reset and recharge. It's how… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“It was exactly the sort of thing I needed to be reading that afternoon: a story where, no matter how bad things… — Heather James Copy Share Image
“Early on, for better or worse, I chose whose child I wanted to be: the child of the novel. Almost everything else… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Normal, ordinary people do not think like a Serial Killer. They have no conception of what is going on in a killer’s… — Richard Ramirez Copy Share Image
“So this is supposed to be the how, and when, and why, and what or reading - about the way that, when… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that… — Heather Demetrios Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear the epistles of Paul read out loud in the liturgy, I am filled with joy... If I'm regarded as… — Charles W. Freeman, Jr Copy Share Image
Assemble a mob of men and women previously conditioned by a daily reading of the newspapers; treat them to amplified band music,… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I, too, feel the need to reread the books I have already read," a third reader says, "but at every rereading I… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
This book was written in those long hours I spent waiting for my wife to get dressed to go out. And if… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
I would not read the proof of one of my books for any fair & reasonable sum whatever, if I could get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream. Reading not only educates, but is relaxing and allows… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
The great thing about reading for Quentin [Tarantino] is you're not reading for him, he's reading with you. So he sits right… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
My normal life is, I love to travel and I travel as often as I can. I don't stay in one place… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Schools and parents can team up to find books that kids will really get excited about - that will make them say,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Lindsay Hatton's novel 'Monterey Bay' so beautifully evokes the landscape of the titular locale, you'll feel transported to Northern California even if… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
As a rule it usually takes three or four readings for me to be interested in a script, and if I'm interested… — Chris Cooper Copy Share Image
Reading someone else's newspaper is like sleeping with someone else's wife. Nothing seems to be precisely in the right place, and when… — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
The relentless study of the Word of God is how God sanctifies and protects the pastor. When you're just opening your iPad… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down… — Olivia Colman Copy Share Image
I'd read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading 'Orange Is the New Black,' and it was at the head of… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
A lot of people believe in reading reviews. If I get too focused on some detail of what they've said about me,… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from… — Steven Levitt Copy Share Image
We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction… — Saul David Copy Share Image
Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
I think my work is like a spiral: you keep coming back on yourself, but you're at a different place. It's like… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
Digital platforms are worthless without content. They're shiny sacks with bells and whistles, but without content, they're empty sacks. It is not… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
“I’m not wise at all. I told you, I know nothing. I know books, and I know how to string words together—it… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Reading was what I needed to beat back all that noise and silence, those horrible silences. . . .An ink pen was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The novels that get praised in the NY Review of Books aren't worth reading. Ninety-seven percent of science fiction is adolescent rubbish,… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image