The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
When I read James Joyce, I'm not really interested in the Dublin of 1904. I'm interested in being in the presence of… — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
I don't read books. I read 'On the Road' in high school, and that was awesome, so I guess that's my favorite… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
I sort of half read Thomas Hardy's 'The Mayor of Casterbridge.' It was assigned in 10th grade, and I just couldn't get… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“These programs and reading series are the fruit of an intellectually exhausted literacy industry that lost its way long ago, even as… — Mike Schmoker Copy Share Image
I'm embarrassed to say this, but I shy away from memoirs. My feeling is always that I'm saving them for later, so… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I think people read travel books either because they intend to take that trip, or because they would never take that trip.… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
When I was in my 20s in the 1970s, I read all of Jean Rhys. I have reread very little since because… — Linda Grant Copy Share Image
Political biography is in the doldrums. No one wants to read 800 pages or so of cradle-to-grave dead politics, especially if it's… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
You'll read things and say, this is a really good project and it's probably going to be a hit, but I can… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
I read a blog about this young filmmaker in the Philippines who made a short film, and one of the characters in… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
Listen, I wrote 10 unsuccessful books before I broke through, so I'm looking all the time to keep my books fascinating. I… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“We like to take credit when we get a new idea, as if we originated the idea in our brain, but what… — Chris Prentiss 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
I won a Marshall scholarship to read philosophy at Oxford, and what I most wanted to do was strengthen public intellectual culture… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
One of the nicest things I ever read about our show was that a critic felt 'Boardwalk Empire' could be the beginning… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
I read on my iPad when I travel. I listen to audiobooks in the car. I read books in my bedroom, where… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Welcome to Book-a-holic Anonymous. Hi, I'm Jazz and I am addicted to the written word. I love the smell of the blackest… — Jazz Feylynn Copy Share Image
I learned early on to stay away from gossip magazines and reviews. That stuff just makes you unhappy, and I know actors… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
If a guy can play Guitar Hero with me and sit at home and watch the Food Network and read magazines with… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
I think we could jam a bit more in our coffins than we do. I'm going to have some books, some I… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi. It was really all I read - anything from 'Dragonlance,' when I was 12,… — Kris Holden-Ried Copy Share Image
For the Oscars, I had a speech in my hand, and I just knew if I opened the piece of paper, I… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
When a young reader tells you that they'd never finished a book outside of school until they read yours, or that they… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Always write exactly what you’re feeling at the exact moment when writing something like poetry or an emotional novel. Put yourself, pour… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
I like to read Octavia E. Butler's 'Wild Seed' over and over again. And J. California Cooper's 'The Wake of the Wind.'… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
As an actor, there are many confusing factors that can make you take or not take a decision. It becomes difficult. Your… — Nimrat Kaur Copy Share Image
With film, you read the whole script three or four times, and you really have a solid blueprint of who your character… — Graham Phillips Copy Share Image
As I said before, there are often disagreements as to what a particular set of facts mean. That is not at all… — Robert Mueller Copy Share Image
I'm not intelligent. I'm not arrogant. I'm just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My biggest thing is telling a truthful story, something that is rooted in something and is very honest. If I read a… — Danielle Brooks Copy Share Image
One of the problems is that kids who don't read - who are not doing well in school - they know they're… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
You get to relive your childhood when you have a baby and you see these toys and these books you read when… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working.… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
I will always find something that I want to try and become better at. I always love to spend more time with… — Connie Nielsen Copy Share Image
We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you… — Kevin Ayers Copy Share Image
With reading, I was very lucky. I had a mother who read to me, not because she had time - she was… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I mean, you still can't jump offstage and go read a book. But I'm getting better at it. It is something you… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Like many people, I only knew of Ford Madox Ford through a book called 'The Good Soldier,' which is everybody's favorite Ford… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
