None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword-swinging princesses or lightning-throwing gods. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I mean the good thing about Marvel is that they're really good about reading what they call the shareholders - the fans.… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
My mom was big on education, big on reading, so she was always pushing books on me: 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,'… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think… — Pete Fountain Copy Share Image
I have this belief that children become readers before they can read. They become hooked on books because they were read aloud… — Jacqueline Wilson Copy Share Image
Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“ candid , adj . "Most times, when I'm having sex, I'd rather be reading." This was, I admit, a strange thing… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I wrote stories as a kid just for myself. One day, some of the kids in my class found some of my… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
In the candle's flickering light, the library's thousands of books emerged from the shadows, and for a moment Nicholas could not help… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
Let us begin by clearing up the old confusion between theman who loves learning and the man who loves reading, and point… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Anyone buying this book is going to be out a tidy sum if he is sucked in by the title. I wish… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
I'll never forget reading Chekhov's "A Doctor's Visit" on a train to Hawthorne, New York, and I got to the end -… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“Here, you carry these. I may need my hands free. Why the hell are we taking ‘The Dream of the Red Chamber?’… — Genevieve Cogman Copy Share Image
I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
My mind goes really quickly and I tend to talk really fast, as you've probably heard, I sometimes lose track of my… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“We're at once alone and in close company: this is the great gift of the novel, the element that makes reading more… — Brenda Walker Copy Share Image
Restaurants, shows, night life, art exhibits, readings - New York is such a cultural epicenter, and while Jersey makes so much sense… — Lee Kelly Copy Share Image
“Never throw away squeezed lemon, but keep them for the day by the sink. Then you can use them to remove fish,… — Jennifer Paterson Copy Share Image
I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
What you do daily determines what you become permanently. Pray daily. Read daily. Think daily. Plan daily. Act daily. Smile daily. Hope… — Africa Child Copy Share Image
“Life is limited, but by writing, and reading, we can live in different worlds, get inside the skins and minds of other… — Joan Lingard Copy Share Image
I am attracted to fantastic writing, and fantastic reading, of course. But I think things that we call fantastic may be real,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I'm a private person, a shy person. Sometimes, reading for eleven hours straight feels to me like the perfect way to spend… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a book that appeared dull or off-putting would somehow still draw you in, call to you, and when you finally embarked… — Liam W. Russell Copy Share Image
Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your… — Cathy Moriarty Copy Share Image
Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk… — Ben Casnocha Copy Share Image
I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The early development of speed reading can be traced to the beginning of the (20th) century, when the publication explosion swamped readers… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
...I will continue to underscore that I don't think authorial intent is all that important to a reading experience, and I certainly… — John Green Copy Share Image
The principal object of your reading should be for the acquisition of useful knowledge , and the strengthening, refining, and ennobling of… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it.… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“He did not wholly understand the intricate play of ideas and the complex phrases, but as he read he sensed a strong,… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
“Indeed, if we read merely to stock our head with ideas, to feel superior to others, or to appear learned, then our… — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“All this she must possess," added Darcy, "and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I love getting things done. That's why I spend several hours a day reading productivity articles. And when the day is done,… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
I don't watch a huge amount of telly. I read a lot. I'm reading at the moment 'Freedom,' by Jonathan Franzen, a… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great… — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
Doubtless, reading good books benefited me during the months and years of writing, yet I remained skeptical of any tight correlation to… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image