“But at other times, I sit here reading in the afternoon, a myrtle in my buttonhole, and there are such beautiful passages… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
I never understood why anyone would do magazines. Like, why would someone put their face out there so much? It's because those… — Elizabeth Olsen Copy Share Image
I want people to read good work. If I see someone reading a book by Lorrie Moore or Jennifer Egan, I'm psyched.… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
One of those things where immediately when you started reading it, you knew it was something special and then the more you… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I like a challenging comic as much as the next guy but I feel like I am pretty conservative when it comes… — Charles Forsman Copy Share Image
I went to the library as soon as I could walk. So the training came from reading all kinds of people, from… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“The spirits of the brain are directly connected to the testicles. This is why men who weary their imagination in books are… — Louis de la Forge Copy Share Image
It's strange that in an age when we pride ourselves on our independence of thought we meekly submit without further question to… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
I've learned how to sleep on airplanes. When I'm taking a trans-Atlantic flight or going to a different continent, I will always… — John Isner Copy Share Image
“Great speed in reading is a dubious achievement; it is of value only if what you have to read is not worth… — Mortimer J. Adler Copy Share Image
I began reading cook books when I was six, cause my father had hundreds of cook books in the kitchen. I was… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
He was so excited by this little bit of intelligence that he might have gone off, perplexed, pondering for a long time.… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Telephones in 2020 will be archaic, relics of a bygone era-like transistor radios are today. Telephony, which will be entirely IP-based by… — Josh Quittner Copy Share Image
the more humdrum aspects of life do not make for gripping reading. To render them compelling, a writer must describe the universal… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Unlike music, excessive reading has been shown to be dangerous for the female mind. It was taught in our earliest lectures: the… — Anna Hope Copy Share Image
“In the midst of the vagaries of life, they provide us a trip to the land of goodness and fairies, of imaginations… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“Valuing reading” is often a euphemism for preparing students to pass mandated multiple-choice exams, and in dragging students down this path, schools… — Kelly Gallagher 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
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
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
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
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 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
“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
“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
“Every profound literary work is a bridge between what we are and what we may become, not just as individuals, but as… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can… — A. R. Ammons Copy Share Image
“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises… — John P. Marquand Copy Share Image
I try not to read about myself. Why would reading about yourself be interesting? You're only going to be told you're doing… — Nicholas Hoult Copy Share Image
The sad thing is that I only ever read novels in bed and now only on the iPad, and thanks to Netflix… — David Hewlett Copy Share Image
And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television, and that… — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
My research process doesn't vary much. I do a little reading to establish a timeline and decide how I'm going to approach… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I'm just encouraging students to read. It's something you can do daily. It's something you can do whether you're sitting at home… — Danny Amendola Copy Share Image
I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but… — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
The best way to get trained is to get mentored - live or by reading or watching videos by masters. That way,… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
It would be through individual effort, inspired perhaps by reading Nietzsche's books, that the Overman might emerge, not through social or educational… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
I was reading emails from women who are alternately chuckling or outraged. One of them said, "Do you hate women? Would you… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
