Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Reading it the night before, I'd wondered if it would be like that for me-if in one moment, I would finally understand… — John Green Copy Share Image
...That he'd seen...two people, a young man and a woman, sitting on invisible furniture with their feet up, reading books and eating… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
'Hairspray' was a show I was involved in from the very first reading, and I was 19. And, 'Hairspray', was one of… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I think people make certain assumptions about what they're interested in reading or what others would be interested in reading, and when… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
She may be lying in bed reading a book, she may be making love with a prize fighter, or she may be… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Formula One gives a platform to companies like Rolex - and that's just in media space, watching television or reading newspapers, digital… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
The man whose bosom neither riches nor luxury nor grandeur can render happy may, with a book in his hand, forget all… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
So imagine a fire going -- wood snapping the way it does when it’s a little green — the wind rattling the… — Steven Millhauser Copy Share Image
The best language is always found in books because it's considered. It's a high language. Sometimes, it is complex and difficult. It's… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“When I look through Bob, the actual stories between his mottled covers may have been written by others, but they belong to… — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
Kids absolutely not reading. I think it's because they're so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read - girls in particular read… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
People feel compelled to continue reading and hearing the news. Sometimes, you just want somebody to be yelling at it with you… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
“Because that’s the thing about reading / books. For all their vulnerabilities and lack of pull relative to screens, reading / books… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Reading and watching movies are the only two things I do. I'm moody, so at times I'm annoyingly introverted; at other times… — Sriti Jha Copy Share Image
“People are like mugs with different handles. Some can be held by their emotions; others by their logic, passions, desires or dreams” — S.E. SEVER Copy Share Image
You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture. You've got to become them." (Speaking about researching, and reading, and… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Now, 75 years [after To Kill a Mockingbird ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I've got Ph.D. just because I enjoyed reading and writing and didn't know what else to do. It was something fun to… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
Poets, on the face of it, have either got to be easier or to write their own notes; readers have either got… — William Empson Copy Share Image
A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
I took a class in college... I think we were reading some short Chekhov plays, and I knew the first day of… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I am an academic," said Professor Mandalay, "and thus have no finely developed senses that would be comprehensible to anyone who has… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It's fun for me to be with someone who loves reading as much as I do, because he'll give me things to… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Let the Latter-day Saints be in their homes, teaching their families, reading the scriptures, doing things that are wholesome and beautiful and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. I got what little educational foundation I got in the third-floor reading room, under… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The mind must be developed by you alone. There is no way for others to do the work and for you to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Remember that just because major publishing is having trouble, that doesn't mean people have stopped reading books. Printed books won't go away,… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
In the end, what makes a book valuable is not the paper it's printed on, but the thousands of hours of work… — John Green Copy Share Image
“But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“She ate toast in bed, then reread a favorite book, taking comfort from a story where she knew the outcome would be… — Sarah Mayberry Copy Share Image
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