“Reading, for pleasure and knowledge, has always been, will always be one of my favorite things to do. (Larry Brown: A Writer's… — Larry Brown Copy Share Image
Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in… — Howard S. Becker Copy Share Image
“Stories wait, my little lord, and when you come back to them, why, there they are,” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
Authors all have at least one thing in common, which is that when we finally get finished copies of our books, we… — Jeff Giles Copy Share Image
What I had found after the success of Karate Kid II is that an actor basically needs to - a primary requirement… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
The real use of imaginative reading is precisely to suspend one's mind in the workings of another sensibility. — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Some men look at Constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If you are a man of learning, read something classic, a history of the human struggle and don't settle for mediocre verse. — Rumi Copy Share Image
It [fiction] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a… — Philip Hensher Copy Share Image
Some will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Writers, by their very nature, live a thousand lives and die a thousand times. They experience loss each time a character dies. … — Larry Ray Palmer Copy Share Image
I'm a digital reader. When I travel abroad, I don't want to pack physical books, and I even like reading on my… — Rajeev Suri Copy Share Image
J.L. Moreno was a pioneer of twentieth-century theater and psychotherapy. A remarkable work, Impromptu Man should be required reading for therapists and… — Jeffrey K. Zeig Copy Share Image
We all have a tendency to over generalize our individual experiences. After I've published something, I'll meet someone who says, "I'm Haitian,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“When Benjamin Franklin, the famous inventor and publisher, was serving as the American ambassador to France, he often impressed French intellectual with… — Paul Kropp Copy Share Image
If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It has long been my boast that I can read or eat anything. But unfortunately, although I eat like a Hoover, I… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
This book was written in those long hours I spent waiting for my wife to get dressed to go out. And if… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
My girlfriend is always reading too much into things. Like my love letter to her sister for example. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There were many books in my parents' home. I'm from a family of five children and we were all readers. And so… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
And she understood, all by herself, without reading it in a novel or hearing it on a radio program, that falling passionately… — Paulette Jiles Copy Share Image
Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“The coverlet warmed her legs. The firelight wobbled over the pages. Maelyn sank into the world the words wrapped around her, hushing… — Anita Valle Copy Share Image
I've been writing an ongoing letter to my children since they were born, full of recollections of their childhoods. I've filled two… — Tory Burch Copy Share Image
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul. — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
If you walked around like David Bowie in 1973 in Reading, you'd get beaten up. The 1970s in a small town was… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I've always thought stability was suffocating and deadly. Like, when I read that the kids I went to law school with have… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I have heard Shree Rajneesh and have been inspired by his talks. His works are sublimne and seek to liberate the soul… — V. R. Krishna Iyer Copy Share Image
“Every crisis is a wisdom crisis. If you have no peace around you then you lack wisdom.” — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
I love reading about all of the breakthroughs and all of the new tech, even just the little household things that are… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
“I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
And maybe it would have bitten you in half," said Will. "What you are describing, the transformation into a demon, is the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I'm not a guy on my phone reading about what supporters say about you. You can find many things there and you're… — Davinson Sanchez Copy Share Image
I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“I'm talking about those novels where the characters aren't really interesting and you don't care about them or anything they care about.… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
![“It [fiction] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a lot of neurological research that shows reading novels is actually good for you. It embeds you in society and makes you think about other people. People are certainly better at all sorts of…” quote by Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00c/philip-hensher-35347_books_it-fiction-allows-us-to-see-the-world-fr_1107125.jpg)
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