A bank book makes good reading - better than some novels.

“Months after leaving office, he wrote to the Bank of the United States and admitted that he did not know his account balance because…

— Ron Chernow

I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday,

— Nelson DeMille

When I look in my kids eye, Shorty say food to buy a cry, me cry Bank book empty Pocket dry.

— Vybz Kartel

Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine and I…

— Umberto Eco

Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer

— Ogden Nash

One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books, though preparation is necessary to profitable reading; and the less reading…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

As I got into my teens, I started reading better books, beginning with the Beats and then the hippie writers, people like Wallace Stegner…

— Stephen Gaghan

The second suggestion is to think as well as to read. I know people who read and read, and for all the good it…

— Arnold Bennett

Just to see how much time is consumed looking down at your phone when you could be reading, becoming better at your own language,…

— Myles Garrett

I had to rehabilitate my mind and so I started reading more, and I became a better person.

— Rich Homie Quan

“your reading will be even better then, after a lifetime of thought and effort, because it will come from conscious understanding. Grace attained like…

— Philip Pullman

“I have found that reading is much better than a good sleep.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Great speed in reading is a dubious achievement; it is of value only if what you have to read is not worth reading. A…

— Mortimer J. Adler

One should learn from a book. Books have a lot to teach us. They have a lot of empathy to impart to us, but…

— Gary Shteyngart

You need to have a reader's sympathy in order to accomplish anything. It's like at a reading, I find it's better to read something…

— Jonathan Safran Foer