I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share Image
People read fiction... to learn something about how to live their lives. — Ronald Sukenick Copy Share Image
“those who do read fiction are better able to understand the emotions of others.” — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
I don't like to read fiction. I like to learn something when I'm reading. — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Why is life a constant disappointment?' 'Because we read fiction,' Mia said, and Shelley nodded, knowing it was true.” — Victoria Connelly Copy Share Image
Fiction is in danger of becoming a kind of poetry. Only other poets read it. Only other fiction writers care about it. — John Updike Copy Share Image
People tend to think of their lives as having a dramatic arc, because they read too much fiction. — Will Self Copy Share Image
I didn’t want to tell the story of myself, but someone I called myself. If you read yourself as fiction, it’s rather… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I primarily read fiction, and I read a good many wonderful books while writing 'The Visibles.' — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
I read fiction all the time. It's true that I don't like fantasy or science fiction. I like "realistic" novels, particularly those… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college. — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I prefer non-fiction to fiction. In fact, I don't read fiction at all. I read books that are based on true events. — Diana Penty Copy Share Image
Before I started writing, I'd never read much fiction. I was more interested in non-fiction. I'm taking the same approach to theatre:… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
People whose lives are upside down often read fiction. When you're not sure where you'll end up or how you are going… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
“I pulled word after word from my core, like silk for a spider’s web, spinning a make-believe life. That’s why we read… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
If I had a nickel for every time someone told me apologetically "I don't read fiction," I wouldn't have to write fiction… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
Marta said I don't seem to like to read fiction very much. "I guess you're not an 'afictionado'," she said. Poor Marta.… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
It's a guilty secret of a lot of writers, as you get older you don't read as much fiction as you used… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I am not a fiction reader. If I already do, I read fiction always more like the illustration of a philosophical-political thesis… — Louis Tobback Copy Share Image
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“That first day I asked my students what they thought fiction should accomplish, why one should bother to read fiction at all.… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
I suppose I could read more fiction, but I haven't moved in that direction. I'd like more time even though I spend… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Any fiction writer who has never had his work misunderstood couldn't have written a lot. Somehow along the way you are going… — Rotimi Ogunjobi Copy Share Image
“That first day I asked my students what they thought fiction should accomplish, why one should bother to read fiction at all.… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
On the plane, I like to read fiction set in the location I'm going to. Fiction is in many ways more useful… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“Why else do we read fiction, anyway? Not to be impressed by somebody's dazzling language - or at least I hope that's… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I hardly read fiction; I mostly read nonfiction. I like to examine material things. — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
For books, I don't read much fiction, but like travel essays and good pop-science. — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
