I remember that story. You have read it four times."…

“Reading," he says, "is always this: there is a thing that is there, a thing made of writing, a solid material object, which cannot…

— Italo Calvino

“Reading, she says, is for the underemployed.”

— Isabel Waidner

“This book I'm reading says I should set one small goal each day. Yesterday I got out of bed like there was no tomorrow.”

— Leigh Stein

[When] he's here, he's always reading. He says books stop time. I myself think he's crazy...Don't tell anyone, but when he reads something that…

— Mark Helprin

“And now dear little children, who may this story read, To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed: Unto an evil…

— Mary Howitt

My eyes tell a story that few will ever read But if you take the time to read them Then you will see the…

— Curly Girl

I wanted to be a visual artist, but I realized I was more affected by what I read than by what I saw. I…

— David Sedaris

I believe that the way someone speaks and acts tells their story. You can read a person from cover to cover upon appearance and…

— Anonymous

I try to let go of the intellect and just tell the story. I only read the page I have in front of me…

— Isabel Allende

I got interested in reading very early, because a story was read to me, by Hans Christian Andersen, which was 'The Little Mermaid,' and…

— Alice Munro

“As usual, Junko thought about Jack London's 'To Build a Fire.' It was the story of a man traveling alone through the snowy Alaskan…

— Haruki Murakami

Everyone has a story that they read when they were younger that influenced them.

— Tomi Adeyemi

“a novel by Ron Hansen titled The Kid, the best story I ever read about the Lincoln County cattle wars.”

— James Lee Burke

When I was growing up in the Philippines, the story that was read to me most was Pinocchio.

— Reggie Lee

We write by the light of every story we have ever read.

— Richard Peck