“Reading, as it turned out, is the easy part. Finding a good book is the real challenge. It's a crapshoot. It's like… — Doug Robinson Copy Share Image
Reading Bukowski and Burroughs and Henry Miller doesn't necessarily mean that a kid is going to try to emulate their debauchery to… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
The research reading I did for Fascination and Liberation included some Jung, and I noticed that he had a similar impression of… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I keep waiting for someone to cast me as the angel or the witch or the immortal of some kind because so… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
If you look at a lot of traditional societies, they're all organized along what we might call anarchist guidelines, but it's not… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
The schizophrenic is drowning in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight. Edgar Cayce made the same observation in… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
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I had no intention of replacing Arnold [Schwarzenegger]. There were a few things that made me want to do the movie. They… — Len Wiseman Copy Share Image
I've been reading [Nikita] Khrushchev Remembers. I know he's a bit of a lad himself - but he seemed to think that… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I always get ‘What’s wrong?’ or ‘Lighten up.’ Half the time, when guys tell me to smile, I’m not even frowning, I’m… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
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For me as a kid, reading cyberpunk was like seeing the world for the first time. Gibson's Neuromancer wasn't just stylistically stunning;… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
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Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
In a school community, someone who reads a book for some secretive purpose, other than discussing it, is strange. What was she… — John Irving Copy Share Image
We get so many people saying short fiction is not economical, that it doesn't sell; but there are so many of us… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
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I hate reading. But I'm trying to force myself because studies have shown that it's literally the only way to matter-of-factly boost… — Josh Rosen Copy Share Image
I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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In my downtime, you'll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai… — Madhur Bhandarkar Copy Share Image
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Sometimes you're reading something, and you don't know it will be important in your life. You're reading this script, and you start… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
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I am only conscious of any satisfaction in Scientific Reading or thinking when it rounds off into a poetical generality and vagueness. — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
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