Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“When the Day of Judgment dawns and the great conquerers and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards -- their crowns,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion. "Book love," Trollope called it. "It will make your hours… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Reading things that are relevant to the facts of your life is of limited value. The facts are, after all, only the… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I've been reading a lot about Silicon Valley history recently and was struck by just how core the lack of unions has… — Sarah Lacy Copy Share Image
READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Kindle, isn’t it?” the waitress asked. “I got one for Christmas, and I love it. I’m reading my way through all of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
We do not read in order to turn great works of fiction into simplistic replicas of our own realities, we read for… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“Thousands of Jews in the ghetto came to their library to borrow books. Reading gave both hope and consolation to the inhabitants,… — Anders Rydell Copy Share Image
I haven't had a chance to pick up a good book in a long time, because I've been either reading scripts or… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
Twenty times, in the course of my late reading, have I been on the point of breaking out, 'this would be the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
It is a remarkable fact that we can never read or hear of the labors which our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
“When they arrived at the palace she had a word with Grant, the young footman in charge, who said it was security… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“Side by side with the human race there runs another race of beings, the inhuman ones, the race of artists who, goaded… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
The very function of creativity, of the elaboration of the human condition only enlarges the human spirit and, I mean, as a… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I wasn't a huge fan of the comic book, but I definitely was of the cartoon series. I wasn't much for sitting… — Daniel Cudmore Copy Share Image
I have read so many books. And yet, like most Autodidacts, I am never quite sure of what I have gained from… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“Belikov is a sick, evil man who should be thrown into a pit of rabid vipers for the great offense he commited… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
As actors you have this trait to imitate very easily. I don't want to imitate anything or limit myself of finding this… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
“Sections in the bookstore - Books You Haven't Read - Books You Needn't Read - Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
In a sense, journalism can be both helpful and detrimental to a writer of fiction because the kind of writing you need… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“Dear Lord I am tired of forgiving people that offended me. Is there anyway you can fix this people's mind to do… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
I tend to write three to four hours a day, depending - oftentimes very late at night. When I write on Twitter,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
She became politically conscious thanks to Studs Terkel and the radio. She started reading all the books we brought home from college… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“Reading is one of the main things I do. Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Libraries are not just for reading in, but for sociable thinking, exploring, exchanging ideas and falling in love. They were never silent.… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
Don't let this Ramadan be just a holiday of rituals. Don't finish reading the Quran without it transforming you. Don't feed your… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
As a grad student and later as a writer, I have found it hard to sustain the pure, almost erotic love of… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I actually dislike, more than many people, working through literary allusion. I just feel that there's something a bit snobbish or elitist… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
With those organizations, it's like time travel. I just reach back and find little kids who were like me. Maybe the circumstances… — Malik Yusef Copy Share Image
As far as superhero stories, what's appealing is of course that aspect of wish fulfillment. I mean, you start out reading them… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
“To engage the written word means to follow a line of thought, which requires considerable powers of classifying, inference-making and reasoning. It… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
A high-ranking Syrian official in DC laughed when he heard I was reading Michel Aflaq and writing this book. He said, "Let… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
Q: What’s hard for you? A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
“You should've thought of that before becoming a fireman." "Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Every time I read anything, whether it be a book, a script or anything, I automatically imagine myself as the boy in… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
I do not concern myself much with reading long commentary volumes designed to enlarge at length upon that which is found in… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
If a reviewer is beating me up, I just say, 'Oh well, my writing is not to his or her taste.' And… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
