“(advice to his children) Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of… — William Penn Copy Share Image
I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage… — LeVar Burton Copy Share Image
Writing that's native to the web is different in ways that are crucial but subtle enough that you can miss them if… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
You know what I find most shocking about the Vel'd'Hiv?" Guillaume said. "Its code name." I knew the answer to that, thanks… — Tatiana de Rosnay Copy Share Image
What did it for me was a blurb on the back of a book I was reading. The blurber wrote - I… — Debra Hamel Copy Share Image
I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing - the melodic touch, a beautiful… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I used to love reading when I was little, and then it became difficult and I didn't understand why. I thought, what… — Jewel Copy Share Image
I think people probably lie about not reading their own reviews. I don't think that's true - I've been to a lot… — Lily Allen Copy Share Image
“Built-in shelves line my bedroom, adjacent to my Japanese platform bed, purchased for its capacious rim, the better to hold those books… — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
Part of the job of a children's author is to write books that will be remembered, definitely, but if I might go… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story… — Afua Cooper Copy Share Image
“I love so many books and authors that it's hard to name just a few, but I'm always particularly excited when new… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“I was downstairs, reading." " Now?" I strained to see her face. She was smiling, it appeared. "Yes, now," she said. "It's… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Trying to write without reading is like venturing out to sea all by yourself in a small boat: lonely and dangerous. Wouldn't… — Téa Obreht Copy Share Image
The scanning of barcodes, or the reading of RFID transponders, generates data that is used in a software package to provide management… — Mike Marsh Copy Share Image
My mum was a children's librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
[I] browsed far outside science in my reading and attended public lectures - Bertrand Russell, H. G. Wells, Huxley, and Shaw being… — Raymond Cattell Copy Share Image
No one on earth is so boring and insignificant that he or she is not worth writing or reading about...One thing's for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel that a more rational explanation for all that has happened during my lifetime is that I am still only… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that… — Ken Thompson Copy Share Image
There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
He really meant to tell them that the big money was not in the individual fluctuations but in the main movements that… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
Writing/reading is like visiting another person's brain. And a short book or article is like a short stay. You come in, have… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Martin's Monsanto poem holds devastating power. I heard the first public reading at the Resurgence Festival of well-being in London. It brought… — Tony Juniper Copy Share Image
I think the reason I don't read is because, when I'm reading, I feel like I'm missing out on something else. You… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
And I am pretty sure that's the point of reading fiction -- so someone else can say in a way you never… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Reading code is like reading all things written: You have to scribble, make a mess, remind yourself that the work comes to… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
If I'm writing about my life, I'm already thinking of anyone in my life who might be reading it, and I'm keeping… — Mandy Stadtmiller Copy Share Image
“Adults have an amazing capacity to suck the joy out of such noble pursuits as Reading and Writing until they resemble their… — P.J. Bracegirdle Copy Share Image
“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is, and what shifts we make to escape thinking. There is no bore… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“All of reading is really only finding ways to name ourselves, and, perhaps, to name the others around us so that they… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“What’d you need?" "Desuetude." "Reading again, are we? Could be dangerous. It means to become unaccustomed to. As in something gets discontinued,… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
I love books that rhyme. And I love books that are clever and have little lines in them that are meant to… — Savannah Guthrie Copy Share Image
I once read that the only way to enjoy life is to observe everything with a sense of detached amusement. I don't… — Bryant Gumbel Copy Share Image
I work hard, do my best and send it out to the world hoping that people can relate to it. I accept… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
![“I love so many books and authors that it's hard to name just a few, but I'm always particularly excited when new books by Alice Hoffman, John Crowley, Joanne Harris, Elizabeth Knox, and Patricia McKillip come out. (And, of course, books by Ellen [Kushner] , and Holly [Black] , and the rest of the…” quote by Terri Windling](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e3e/terri-windling-8504_books_i-love-so-many-books-and-authors-that-it_2459250.png)
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