“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
I suppose I could read more fiction, but I haven't moved in that direction. I'd like more time even though I spend… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
We should think about what we mean by literacy. If you say, "He's a very literate person," what you really mean is… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon God’s essence. As… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
It's the fact that fans still care. I like all the comics conventions: The smaller ones are easier, the bigger ones are… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
In the first batch of readers, back in the '60s and '70s, the criminal class was still literate, so I would get… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
I moved in with my grandma when I was 17 and she had this giant bookshelf and it was fascinating to me.… — Christian Madsen Copy Share Image
“As soon as I got into the library I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I got a whiff of… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
It was the books I started reading. It was the music I started listening to. It was the television I started watching.… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest." He also said:… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Once the writer was at the deathbed of a fellow writer. What interested his dying colleague more than anything else was what… — Peter Handke Copy Share Image
In 'Finding Nemo,' all of the voices were recorded separate - so I would be in a sound booth in a studio… — Alexander Gould Copy Share Image
“...this blessing of loneliness was not really loneliness. Real loneliness was something unendurable. What one wanted when exhausted by the noise and… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't… — Barbara Corcoran Copy Share Image
I kid the Republicans, with love. I feel bad for them. They got nobody for next time. Who are they gonna run?… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
It's very rare that you get a part that you actually like. People have a misconception, whether it be because actors lie… — Zoey Deutch Copy Share Image
I hate it when I'm reading a comic, and the dialogue looks like stickers stuck on top to explain what's going on.… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
Literacy is much more than an educational priority - it is the ultimate investment in the future and the first step towards… — Irina Bokova Copy Share Image
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.… — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination,… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
There's something immediate about the experience of reading a poem. It makes sense in my own mind, but I'm trying to figure… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
“I live in gratitude to my parents for initiating me--and as early as I begged for it, without keeping me waiting--into knowledge… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
For me, the power of the poetry in 'Milk and Honey' is the feeling you get after finished reading the poem. It's… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
The deep-read is when you get gut-hooked and dragged overboard down and down through the maze of print and find, to your… — Tim Wynne-Jones Copy Share Image
What is literature, and why do I try to write about it? I don’t know. Likewise, I don’t know why I go… — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“The books my mother read and reread provided a broader, more adventurous world, and escape from the confines of her chronic illness.… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Many a man, brought up in the glib profession of some shallow form of Christianity, who comes through reading Astronomy to realize… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Books are essential to me. I cannot live without them, because I cannot live without reading. But, Arry has just said to… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
For Krishna to be such an international icon, so to speak, means there are various perspectives on him. Saints, philosophers and historians… — Shobana Copy Share Image
When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If they are good and true, whether they… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Until I reached my late teens, there was not enough money for luxuries - a holiday, a car, or a computer. I… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
I don't know what it is about human beings but most of us really like reading about or observing sexual tension and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
