I write to get myself writing. That and read Wallace Stevens' "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" for the umpteenth time. Certain… — Dan Chiasson Copy Share Image
The only way to build a church, if you have a Bible church, is to preach out of the Bible, teach out… — Lester Roloff Copy Share Image
“Her father had never bothered with books, but when his daughter sat reading the newspaper at the age of five he wasn’t… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
“Can there be any greater pleasure than to come across an author one enjoys and then to find they have written not… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“Kay came to realize that she preferred her books to other people’s company. Reading was not a fallback position for her but… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Louie was still scratching his head when Tim McGrath wandered over. "What did I tell you about folks that read books too… — Robert Lawson Copy Share Image
If one wanted to depict the whole thing graphically, every episode, with its climax, would require a three-dimensional, or, rather, no model:… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
It's most useful to think about not jobs but tasks. And within any given job, there are lots of different tasks. If… — Erik Brynjolfsson Copy Share Image
“When a book leaves its author's desk it changes. Even before anyone has read it, before eyes other than its creator's have… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
She might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. Look carefully at that… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
It would be worth the while to select our reading, for books are the society we keep; to read only the serenely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I bet if you look at the average teenager and the average adult, the average teenager has read more books in the… — John Green Copy Share Image
People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I like to take a long time over breakfast, and I can't bear to talk. If a guest is a breakfast talker… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
I don't always, or even usually, read stories from beginning to end. I start anywhere and proceed in either direction. A story… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“No matter what our curriculum requires us to teach or how little class time we have, children must read a lot in… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
To me, the point of a novel is to take you to a still place. You can multitask with a lot of… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Olive Kitteridge' is a masterpiece: The writing is so perfect you don't even notice it; the story is so vivid it's less… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
I will release my tax returns. And that's against - my lawyers, they say, "Don't do it." I will tell you this.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
There's so much power in allegory, to form ideas and learn lessons that you can actually take and apply to real life.… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
Theres really not much that people can pick on me for my work, so obviously they find other reasons to write something… — Sonakshi Sinha Copy Share Image
Maybe television causes cancer, Garp thinks; but his real irritation is a writer's irritation: he knows that wherever the TV glows, there… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they really happened and after you are finished reading one… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Summertime, and the reading is easy... Well, maybe not easy, exactly, but July and August are hardly the months to start working… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
One of the things that is interesting about reading conspiracy theory is that much of what folks think is conspiracy is really… — Catherine Austin Fitts Copy Share Image
I grew up on Stephen King, reading the books. I love the small town, 1950s feel to it, that nostalgia, and that… — Alexander Koch Copy Share Image
I am so sorry to see the state of reading in such decline. I think it says something really scary and terrible… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
I use an e-reader when I'm traveling: I love carrying dozens of books on a small lightweight device, and I'm still amazed… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“Now you tell your father not to teach you any more. It's best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Nothing perhaps increases by indulgence more than a desultory habit of reading, especially under such opportunities of gratifying it.” — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I want to seem completely bare. Especially when I'm reading for a role. I want to reveal myself in the audition room.… — Mia Goth Copy Share Image
I'm perfectly fine with the fact that lots of young folks are wanting to watch anime and read manga. I'm perfectly happy… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone in my class… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
