By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and… — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
I'm against people reading statements. When you read statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real. — Terry Bradshaw Copy Share Image
Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity… — Bob Ney Copy Share Image
I'm constantly reading and trying to enlighten myself to how the world works in its silent ways to make everything seem normal… — Jenny Hval Copy Share Image
“It seemed any young woman at odds with her place in life--be she a genteel lady or a serving girl--might find a… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I love looking at pictures of nebulas and reading articles about black holes and dark matter - I always tie it into… — Selah Louise Marley Copy Share Image
“But at some point Tengo noticed that returning to reality from the world of a novel was not as devastating a blow… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My mom was in education, and I remember reading in one of her books about multiple intelligences - this whole theory about… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
We knew the time would come that we'd have to step down because we'd been winning Oscars for 15 years. I discovered… — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
I have now and again tried to imagine the perfect environment, the ideal conditions for reading: A worn leather armchair on a… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one's adult enjoyment of what are called 'children's books.' I think… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I find a lot of things to do before I do eventually get to work. I have a built-in horror of missing… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks.… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Pity is for this life, pity is the worm inside the meat, pity is the meat, pity is the shaking pencil, pity… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
We should do an Adorno reading on Skrillex and vodka sales in Vegas. It's definitely interesting. What's interesting in that music for… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
“And so, there in the penitentiary, Juan's education began. He didn't want to be a puto weakling, so he worked hard at… — Victor Villaseñor Copy Share Image
I am personally not a lover of audiobooks in general, and I am indeed one of those people who don't count listening… — Emilie Autumn Copy Share Image
I remember that already as a child I was often intensely interested in things, obsessed by ideas and projects in many areas,… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share Image
My preferred genre of reading is crime thrillers - books by Harlan Coben, Jo Nesbo, David Baldacci, James Patterson, Ashwin Sanghi and… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make… — Drew Houston Copy Share Image
“Ignorance must be prosecuted when arrested. The only way for its arrest is by information and the only way for prosecution is… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Do not believe that a book is good, if in reading it thou dost not become more contented with thy existence, if… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
To slide into the domed reading room at ten each morning, specially in summer, off the hot street outside, was a sensation… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
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
All the books I was reading as a teenager were about individuals having adventures. So I thought that was what writers were… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
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
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as… — William James 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
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
“She didn't really enjoy reading but she liked how the books were clues. Each one a piece in a puzzle. Even when… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons I'm so thrilled with writing is because it is an act of reading for me at… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue... I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug… — Abigail Spencer Copy Share Image
I often tell my clients they should do at least 30 percent of all their reading outside their own field. This will… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
My parents gave me that gift of "reading is a good thing." I mean my mother was afraid of everything. But she… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“I guess a bit part of serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader, who like all of us is sort of… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Every new book I read comes to be a part of that overall and unitary book that is the sum of my… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
