My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books. — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
I'm the world's worst at reading reviews and then pretending I've read the book. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
It's very hard to get a movie made. You could spend your life reading scripts that never got made. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“All the successful personalities had one common element, they all liked reading books.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
With plays that require any kind of reading program, I'm reading for a couple of years before using the material. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
I've gotten into doing electronic books and audiobooks, so I have an iPad. I still love reading a real book, but when… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
“A knowledgeable citizen is a powerful citizen because knowledge is power! Make your nation a powerful one... Keep reading to acquire more… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book… — Candace Camp Copy Share Image
...the sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“What she really felt like doing was reading. Escaping into the Enchanted Wood, up the Faraway Tree, or with the Famous Five… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
I regarded as quite useless the reading of large treatises of pure analysis: too large a number of methods pass at once… — Joseph-Louis Lagrange Copy Share Image
Sometimes I do readings and people can’t stop laughing, but I’m reading about pretty tragic things. I think Soviet humor is a… — Alina Bronsky Copy Share Image
At any rate, nothing was more characteristic of him [Walter Benjamin] in the thirties than the little notebooks with black covers which… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
I have heard Shree Rajneesh and have been inspired by his talks. His works are sublimne and seek to liberate the soul… — V. R. Krishna Iyer Copy Share Image
I was an altar boy and heard the Bible being read out repeatedly. The stories have stayed with me, although they're completely… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
“When we read, we decide when, where, how long, and about what. One of the few places on earth that it is… — Andrew Clements Copy Share Image
“I look around and see that many — not all, but many — problems we've got could be solved if our culture… — Camilo Gomes Jr Copy Share Image
Books of natural history make the most cheerful winter reading. I read in Audubon with a thrill of delight, when the snow… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image