I never read a horse book in my life. But I thought that's what my friends were reading and that's what I… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Reading was such a formative part of my childhood (along with 'Loony Tunes'), that it is difficult to pin point the most… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So… — Christopher Hampton Copy Share Image
I can always tell when I'm about to start writing. I go through cycles in reading. When I'm beginning to start to… — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
Proust is a hero of mine. I read 'A la recherche' in one go, and I'm a very slow reader. It had… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share Image
Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world,… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I feel like my life is at its happiest when I don't have a looming deadline. There's some really groovy wonderful times,… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
“Of course, reading novels was just another form of escape. As soon as he closed their pages he had to come back… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Without moving, you walk through lands you imagine you can see, and your thoughts, weaving in and out of the story, delight… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Chapter One. The Bride." He held up the book then. "I'm reading it to you for relax." He practically shoved the book… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
I grew up in this household where reading was the most noble thing you could do. When I was a teenager, we… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
If you are offended by reading views that disagree with yours, then yes, you will be offended. However, it is not gratuitously… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I shouldn’t need to remind you that it was words that created the universe and The Word that now holds it together.… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Reading the script for 'Jennifer's Body,' I just thought that here was a script that really exposes the horror between girls and… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
I've tried to slow this down but realized that my natural reading rhythm is freakishly fast when an author friend asked me… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
You know, Mick Jagger's "Sympathy for the Devil." I think it was inspired by that [H.P.Lovecraft stories]. You don't know who's reading… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
There is so much to read and the days are so short! I get more hungry for knowledge every day, and less… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
When I was twelve, I started reading Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, James Agee, and - do we dare breathe the… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
When I travel, I can leave everything at home apart from books. I curate my holiday reading rigorously and would be devastated… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
We think "reading the Bible in context" means thinking about the handful of verses before and after the verses we're looking at… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
“If you're reading this, then I guess someone, somewhere does go through the rubbish and read every piece of paper that gets… — Alex Scarrow Copy Share Image
“What is more important to a library than anything else -- than everything else -- is the fact that it exists." [… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Reading is not the same as living, Cass, and you need to live,” she says and throws the apple core into a… — G. Bailey Copy Share Image
In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
“Remember that the truth within yourself will always be greater than the truth found in these pages. These stories are here to… — Andrew Kaufman Copy Share Image
I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
People vary enormously in how they learn. Some learn through their eyes - by reading but also by responding to all kinds… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Even in merely reading a fairytale, we must let go our daylight convictions and trust ourselves to be guided by dark figures,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I don't really listen to music when I work. I really have to focus on one thing at a time. I like… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
Books are health food for your brain and dessert for your soul. Books are one of the few proven sources of mental… — Pat Williams Copy Share Image
Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
The BBC is locked to the reading of the economy that is run out of Ed Miliband and Ed Balls' office. They… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
My mother used to laugh that if they asked me to clean up my room, I would spend so much time reading… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
I always feel like my book is a success when I see a child reading it, and they have their pointer finger… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
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