“Nor did I forget what is the natural pleasure of every man who has been a reader;… filling the shelves of a… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I didn't have any brothers or sisters, so I did a lot of stuff where I entertained myself playing games, reading a… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about the Lusitania. I started reading because I had nothing else in my plate. And as soon as… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Arguing with people is like reading your e-mail at 4 in the morning. There is absolutely no good that can come of… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Nothing gets us down more than watching violence on television or reading about war and brutality in the newspaper. The truth is,… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
The letter of application ... should be a masterpiece of fiction, papering over all the cracks. Get it properly typed on decent… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
“..."(Years of work are required before the cerebral mechanisms for reading, if regularly oiled, finally become unconscious.-Stanislas Dehaene.) The important thing is… — Jacques Bonnet Copy Share Image
“This consists in not taking a book into one’s hand merely because it is interesting the great public at the time —… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I waited patiently - years - for the pendulum to swing the other way, for men to start reading Jane Austen, learn… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I have dreamed of that song, of the strange words to that simple rhyme-song, and on several occasions I have understood what… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I didn't study science beyond high school level, but I'd been reading a lot of science books by people like Richard Dawkins,… — Bernard Beckett Copy Share Image
“Some people call reading an escape, but it's not - it's embracing the true reality of the best parts of who we… — Sean Gibson Copy Share Image
Within months after reading the novel 'The Hunger Games,' I went from telling my mom that I could see myself as this… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
“Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: When you are reconciled to the fact that… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I'm a massive Roald Dahl fan. I grew up reading his work and see a recurring theme - I have continued to… — Alex Lawther Copy Share Image
“For some, perhaps for many, books are spare time. For me, the rest of life is spare time: I wake and sleep… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Writing enters into us when it gives us information about ourselves we are in need of *at the time that we are… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
One very early influence was reading about John Cage's experience in an anechoic room where the only sound you are left with… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
Read proudly--put the duty of being read invariably on the author. If he is not read, whose fault is it? I am… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“You may receive a pie, eat it and forget. You may receive champagne, drink it and forget. But when you receive a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading... freedom… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Time cleaning was less time reading, so I usually just did the minimal amount, and left it for another day, a day… — Rebecca Raisin Copy Share Image
“By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I remember when I was in my late teens just getting rid of lots of records, realizing I only ever listened to… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
We have to put aside the customary historical reading of works of art in order to invite art to respond to certain… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Montesquieu wrote: "I have never known any distress that an hour of reading did not relieve." If one substituted the word music… — Zhu Xiao-Mei Copy Share Image
If you're an actor and you don't get cast in stuff a lot, then put together a show or hold play-reading nights… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I almost obsessively began reading about what was happening with the so-called Islamic State. But I couldn't find an angle on the… — Matthew Heineman Copy Share Image
This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long… — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
I think that my love of cooking grew out of my love of reading about cooking. When I was a kid, we… — Samantha Bee Copy Share Image
The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it… — Miranda Cosgrove Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that venerates scores. We affix numbers to how much fat is in our mochachinos, how quickly our… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“I am a passionate reader. New interested books keep adding on my reading list. My wildest dream is to complete reading all… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
I wasn't really much of a reader early on, but when I first started getting into reading at around 16 all I… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I was inspired to spend an entire year - my 65th year - reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu's messages, practicing them… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
If I'm writing a story and you're reading it, or vice versa, you took time out of your day to pick up… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I don't write anything off without reading a script, and if it's a good one, I'll consider it, whether it's for $20… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
