“Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world that… — Atwood H. Townsend Copy Share Image
Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Listening to my records, you feel one way about it when you hear it, but reading my words - that makes us… — Scarface Copy Share Image
Your god may be your little Christian habit - the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day.… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
The transaction between writer and reader is human civilization's most dazzling feat, yet it's such a part of our lives that it's,… — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only… — John Green Copy Share Image
If the weather's nice, I like to be outside exercising, but when it's colder, I'm a real homebody and I catch up… — Jeremy Sumpter Copy Share Image
That's the curse of the reading class. We can be seduced by a good story even at the most inopportune moments. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“As one tends to the graves of the dead, so I tend the books. I clean them, do minor repairs, keep them… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Reading helps you to be knowledgeable. It also improvises your vocabulary. It's a very good habit, extremely essential. — Lara Dutta Copy Share Image
I'm always in search of those books where you don't want to stop reading, and 'Me Before You' is at the top… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
I never talked to anyone about my reading; the need to share came afterwords. — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I didn't want to die - not before I'd finished reading The Return of the Native anyhow. — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
Longest book was '2666' by Roberto Bolano, and it was an irregular reading experience. I read the first four parts during a… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly. — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
I write constantly, but only in my journals. I have three of them: one for travel, one for home, and one I… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
Edgar Allan Poe is amazing because he was so dark. He's from Baltimore and so cynical that you can feel it when… — Goldlink Copy Share Image
“We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them… — Pamela Glass Kelly Copy Share Image
I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see if I was… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
I was playing sports all the time, growing up. And then, somewhere around 10th or 11th grade, I kind of lost interest… — John Brandon Copy Share Image
I think that we come to a greater understanding of the world we live in and ourselves through reading. — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
The people who visit the [Lincoln] memorial always look like an advertisement for democracy, so bizarrely, suspiciously diverse that one time I… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe. — Anton du Beke Copy Share Image
“Every real reader must read Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: the whole of his/her life of reading will change its meaning.” — Paolo Milani Copy Share Image
The greatest thing you can do in life is to tell a young boy or girl that they're 'the very best' at… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
My reading preferences are kind of all over the board - I read nonfiction, I read graphic novels. — Dav Pilkey Copy Share Image
I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world,… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“I’m completely library educated. I’ve never been to college. I went down to the library when I was in grade school in… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I took Eugene Sue's Arthur from the reading-room. It's indescribable, enough to make you vomit. You have to read this to realize… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Parents should leave books lying around marked ‘forbidden’ if they want their children to read. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of mysteries, so to prepare for this experience of writing a mystery I started reading the most successful… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“You can be anywhere you want in the world, meet different people and learn more than a hundred things in a matter… — C.M. Okonkwo Copy Share Image
As to how I would guide someone who is confused about the idea of God, I would suggest that he or she… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
“Holding a precious book meant to Mendel what an assignment with a woman might to another man. These moments were his platonic… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
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