“The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is that of… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“There are few things better than losing yourself in a book. And if you're lucky enough to have that adventure continue in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
As we read spiritually about spiritual things, we open our hearts to God's voice. Sometimes we must be willing to put down… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about him much or think about… — J Mascis Copy Share Image
There's novel reading, and then there's the other kind of reading. Take somebody like Carl Jung, the psychiatrist - now there's somebody… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Herta Muller, Mo Yan, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio - for many of us, the Nobels have become doubly educational: We simultaneously learn… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
I wanted to stay in New York to pursue acting, but my dad urged me to get a four-year degree. Reading about… — Lauren Miller Copy Share Image
If the book is second-hand, I leave all its markings intact, the spoor of previous readers, fellow-travellers who have recorded their passage… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I think movies do play a valuable role in turning people on to the act of reading. I think that phenomenon just… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
Steve Yarbrough is a writer of many gifts, but what makes Safe from the Neighbors such a magnificent achievement is its moral… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
“Stories serve multiple purposes. At a basic level they are great entertainment, which is essential for living a happy and healthy life,… — Dean F. Wilson Copy Share Image
Think about every time you've seen someone being objectified, abused, enslaved. We see it constantly on the TV, in magazines, on the… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
My photographs don't go below the surface. They don't go below anything. They're readings of the surface. I have great faith in… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I am reading The Lord of the Rings. I suddenly wanted to. I almost know it by heart, but I can still… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
“I remember the first year after my second child was born, what I can remember of it at all, as a year… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“But the operation of writing implies that of reading as its dialectical correlative and these two connected acts necessitate two distinct agents.… — Jean Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Being gay, the last time I looked, had nothing to do with reading a balance book, fixing a broken bone or changing… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I get most of my reading done whenever I'm in the airport waiting on a flight, have some time to kill, and… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
The thing about reading is that if you are hooked, you're not going to stop just because one series is over; you're… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
As a child, I was very shy. Painfully, excruciatingly shy. I hid a lot in my room. I was so terrified to… — Kim Basinger Copy Share Image
Your interests change. I used to feel that if I spent evenings reading, or watching a film, or just doing nothing up… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
“She read with an eagerness which hardly left her power of comprehension, and from impatience of knowing what the next sentence might… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space. — Henry Hopper Copy Share Image
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
This is much more than your typical thriller. Tim Johnston has written a book that makes Gone Girl seem gimmicky . .… — Alan Cheuse Copy Share Image
There are several sources for my appreciation of pastors and the way they are described in this book. One of them is… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
The fluent reader sounds good, is easy to listen to, and reads with enough expression to help the listener understand and enjoy… — Charles Clark Copy Share Image
I think, in reading a few sentences of text, you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I have a secret goal with my editor - he has asthma and uses his inhaler, and after I send him a… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I cant help but notice in so many stories,… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
Reading music has opened up me up so much. I've been experimenting for so long and trying to make sense of things… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
We set up a beta site, a test site, with movie, music and book reviews. If you're reading them and you want… — Jay Chiat Copy Share Image
The reading I did do that stuck with me was usually somewhat breathless and brittle - I suppose camp. But my definition… — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
Poetry is supposed to be musical. But people don't understand prose. They're so used to reading journalism - clunky, functional sentences that… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
It is a sign of intimacy to be able to read in the same room with another person, as trusting as dreaming… — Laura Furman Copy Share Image
To justify being listened to, I try to be as well informed as I can. Hence, the travel. Reading is good too.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
I grew up reading about all those film-makers who were part of a group, like the new wave. It's a little stranger… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
