Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels. — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
Reading. Reading was the stable backdrop against which my life was played. — Lynne Sharon Schwartz Copy Share Image
You should always have 2 books...the one you're reading and the one you're writing. — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads. — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
“I travel to know the life of great souls in the pages of a book.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
One of the things that has puzzled me the most in my years of serious mystery reading is why there are relatively… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different,… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
I guess I'm not always looking for the same things in movies that most people are, which I wouldn't have necessarily even… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
We learn... 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we both… — William Glasser Copy Share Image
All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed ... No book can be appreciated until… — Eugene Field Copy Share Image
I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, . . . that I think… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull is the world today!' Nowadays he says,… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
Being Jewish, you didn't get into a sorority. So I really was much more outgoing and gregarious. I really didn't want to… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
My mom used to tell me stories at night, read books to me - and I read 'em over and over and… — Peter Guber Copy Share Image
Photography for me has been tremendously good, because I'm not a very sociable person. I'm happy reading or sitting in the library… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
“A homeless man visited my store today. The few quarters that he had in his pocket he invested on books. I offered… — Besa Kosova Copy Share Image
My readings are really about connecting people, whether it's to their deceased loved ones and finding the closure through that or connecting… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
My house is filled with books, most of which I have read, some of which I intend to eventually get to. I'm… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
Reading is always a way of forming a bond with other people. I'm not very good at socializing - I quite like… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
“His habit of reading isolated him: it became such a need that after being in company for some time he grew tired… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“His bedroom was a reflection of Bryant's mind, its untidy shelves filled with games and puzzles stacked in ancient boxes, statues and… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
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