Read Quotes · Page 17

“If we read the Holy Scripture, we shall grow in our knowledge of Jesus Christ, the Saviour. And be filled with the…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to…

— John Irving

I didn't read Western novels much until I was in my twenties, but I had a diet of them on film and…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I like to read on the train.

— Morgan Saylor

I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.

— Kate Morton

I picked up 'On Moral Fiction' in the bookstore and looked up myself in the index, but I didn't read it through.…

— John Updike

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

— Reggie Lee

“Kalo nggak nulis, ya baca. Kalo nggak baca, ya nonton film saja lah.”

— Sylvia L'Namira

I read 'Love in the Time of Cholera' when I was 19, and I still think about the characters.

— J. Courtney Sullivan

I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.

— Janine di Giovanni

I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church…

— Gabriel Byrne

The script for 'Drive Angry' is a great read with great characters and great action.

— William Fichtner

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

To lead by example is to offer your life as a living diarry for others to read. Never make your life pages…

— Anonymous

It's extraordinary how many people read a book that's new and weird and befriend it.

— Junot Diaz

I want to read a lot of comic books. I want to watch movies. I want to rest.

— Rain

It's so funny because no matter what you say, fans only read and hear what they want.

— Tommy Lee

I don't read reviews, There's no value for me in reading them. Whether they're good or bad, they'll just make me self-conscious.

— Mary Stuart Masterson

Quite simply, to win Miss World is not a ticket to millions and I've read that so many times.

— Chris de Burgh

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write.

— Chris Bohjalian

What's always a challenge for me is that my Spanish is not the level of my English. Nor do I read in…

— Sandra Cisneros

I read a lot of Icelandic sagas when I was young. I've always been interested in the Viking culture.

— Kristofer Hivju

Stories develop from things I read and also from my own experiences and experiences of people I know.

— William Sleator

The only two places where I can read for long stretches are in airplanes and in bed at nighttime.

— Khaled Hosseini

I never read. I've never read one book... I just can't do it. Something's wrong with me. I have what they call…

— Steve Jones