“Unaccustomed to direct experience, we can come to fear it. We don't want to read a book or see a museum show… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
If your father, who is known for carrying around a belt, told you to read a book, you went and did it.… — Kwame Alexander Copy Share Image
I don't actually talk about my books much, because I find if I talk about them I don't want to write them… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
We need to actually teach kids that books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat every bit on your plate. It's… — Jackie French Copy Share Image
Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
From orphanages to space colonies, it was all shallow but endearingly enthusiastic futurism. Gingrich was the kind of person who read a… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“It had been communicated to me through the odd, secret whispers of women that a female’s nose must never shine. In war,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
My feeling, however, is that films that are open are more productive for the audience. The films that, if I'm in a… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“A few days later, Tuesday quietly crossed our apartment as I read a book and, after a nudge against my arm, put… — Luis Carlos Montalván Copy Share Image
“Books are essential to me. I cannot live without them, because I cannot live without reading. But, Arry has just said to… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
“Coleridge wrote a poem called ‘The Eolian Harp,’ in which he explored the notion of music slumbering on its instrument. It's a… — Amal El-Mohtar Copy Share Image
I think it's a very stark marker of what kind of president we have that, from all available evidence, Donald Trump has… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
Stop being childish. Use your time better - better yourself. Read a book, or do a workout exercise on YouTube. — Anthony Yarde Copy Share Image
Reading is a lot like eating for me: If I try to read a book I'm not hungry for, I won't enjoy… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Science fiction writers aren't short of ideas. You can read a book, and it sets off a chain of thought processes, so… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do but either walk around or read a book… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
“All I can say is . . . All I can say is we’ll figure it out, I swear. When I read… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
I haven't read for pleasure in 35 years. I mean, I get a lot of pleasure from what I read... For me,… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
For most people, what is so painful about reading is that you read something and you don't have anybody to share it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I like vocabulary and I actually read a book called 'Word Freak,' which is about a guy who basically went into competitive… — Stephen Amell Copy Share Image
“That feeling of first love and heartbreak is something inherent in us all, even if we have not yet known it fully.… — Raine Anthony Copy Share Image
The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure. In fact,… — Howard G. Hendricks Copy Share Image
