--- title: "11 Re-read Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Re-read quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Re-read sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/ian-mckellen-1396_code_i-don-t-think-many-people-will-re-read-t_1228582.jpg" --- > [I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mckellen/i-don-t-think-many-people-will-re-read-the-da-vinci-code/) [Ian Mckellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mckellen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/ian-mckellen-1396_code_i-don-t-think-many-people-will-re-read-t_1228582.jpg) > [“Comedy doesn't makes your IQ higher… ... Read Science... and don't re-read books for higher IQ!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deyth-banger/comedy-doesn-t-makes-your-iq-higher-read-science-and-don-t-re-read/) [Deyth Banger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deyth-banger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/deyth-banger-871_books_comedy-doesn-t-makes-your-iq-higher-read_201477.jpg) > [There isn't a book that has changed me, but I have favourites such as 'Pride and Prejudice' which I often re-read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-herrera/there-isn-t-a-book-that-has-changed-me-but-i-have-favourites-such-as/) [Carolina Herrera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-herrera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/carolina-herrera-3326_book_there-isn-t-a-book-that-has-changed-me-b_689294.png) > [My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadie-jones/my-favourite-author-as-a-child-and-teenager-and-who-i-still-re-read/) [Sadie Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadie-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/sadie-jones-20359_actually_my-favourite-author-as-a-child-and-teena_712012.jpg) > [I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/i-had-this-really-great-amazing-thing-happen-where-i-almost-finished/) [Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/cory-doctorow-1928_almost_i-had-this-really-great-amazing-thing-ha_147798.png) > [I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-always-try-to-avoid-looking-at-the-section-where-my-books-would-be/) [Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/susan-choi-21843_always_i-always-try-to-avoid-looking-at-the-sec_439954.jpg) > [It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/it-s-always-the-paragraphs-i-loved-most-the-ones-i-tenderly-polished/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0c/liane-moriarty-1135_always_it-s-always-the-paragraphs-i-loved-most_68314.png) > [I did keep detailed journals from about fifth grade on, and every so often as I was growing up, I would re-read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raina-telgemeier/i-did-keep-detailed-journals-from-about-fifth-grade-on-and-every-so/) [Raina Telgemeier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raina-telgemeier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/raina-telgemeier-29988_about_i-did-keep-detailed-journals-from-about_2279666.jpg) > [In re-reading 'Presumed Innocent,' the one thing that struck me - and I re-read the book four different times in writing 'Innocent,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-turow/in-re-reading-presumed-innocent-the-one-thing-that-struck-me-and-i-re/) [Scott Turow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-turow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/scott-turow-3838_amazed_in-re-reading-presumed-innocent-the-one_909936.jpg) > [Usually, when I read something, I'm looking for the story first. And then, when I re-read it, I check every part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/usually-when-i-read-something-i-m-looking-for-the-story-first-and/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/gus-van-sant-5023_check_usually-when-i-read-something-i-m-lookin_2033418.png) > [We become attached to certain characters in novels, mostly because they have some mystery attaching to them. We re-read the books, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-frame/we-become-attached-to-certain-characters-in-novels-mostly-because/) [Ronald Frame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-frame/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/ronald-frame-16363_attached_we-become-attached-to-certain-characters_2614247.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/re-read/#itemlist", "name": "Re-read Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian Mckellen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mckellen/i-don-t-think-many-people-will-re-read-the-da-vinci-code/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/ian-mckellen-1396_code_i-don-t-think-many-people-will-re-read-t_1228582.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/ian-mckellen-1396_code_i-don-t-think-many-people-will-re-read-t_1228582.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/ian-mckellen-1396_code_i-don-t-think-many-people-will-re-read-t_1228582.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'” — Ian Mckellen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Comedy doesn't makes your IQ higher… ... 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