“As he learned more from his father in school he was led to reading every book he could find as long as… — Sam Wellman Copy Share Image
So often we think, well, kids learn to read at school, I don't have to be responsible for that. But in fact… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
When I was pregnant, I had the romantic idea that after the baby was born I would not only take up reading… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
The Catcher in the Rye had such a deep impact on me, because it felt like it was just Holden and me.… — Rowan Blanchard Copy Share Image
I don't revise a lot when writing short stories. As far as the novel, I definitely thought more about plot. Honestly, I'm… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
I'm not saying don't do the work you got, but instead of this two hours of watching TV at the hotel lobby… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
I always loved strange stories like the Dr. Seuss stuff. 'Go, Dog. Go!' was one of my favorite stories - it still… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
“Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life spent reading--that is a good life. A day that… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
If you spend enough time reading or writing, you find a voice, but you also find certain tastes. You find certain writers… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“By the time we'd moved into that rambling, lopsided wooden house, I'd already fallen in love with reading. I think my love… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people. He’s about double the numbers now. Can you… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
“The text, in its mass, is comparable to a sky, at once flat and smooth, deep, without edges and without landmarks; like… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“For is not a Book the most reliable of Companions--and generally among the most stimulating as well? No need to worry about… — Natalie Wexler Copy Share Image
I'd begun to realize that there was an unspoken predjudice among book-learned people, a secret conviction they all seemed to share, that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Recently I began reading my old diaries. Back to before the war. Gradually I became very depressed. The reason for that is… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
There's very little to be said for learning a piece note by note, reading the rhythmic markings, practising the fingerings and following… — Barry Green Copy Share Image
At eleven I was at the peak of my creative powers: I was writing stories and playlets, putting together poetryprojects. I was… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
The American psychologist Julian Jaynes, in a controversial study on the origin of consciousness, argued that the bicameral mind - in which… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“It's not macho to read? Nonsense. Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-itness. It is also, in my experience, one… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
You have to learn every day. You can't be playing every day, but you can be practicing. If you cannot be practicing… — John Kessel Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act allows Federal agents to look at public and university library patron circulation records, books checked out, magazines consulted, all… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
How important my books are or anybody's books are, I don't know. I don't think they are terribly important I think that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Anyone who says the Backstreet Boys can't sing is crazy. They're probably just reading some highbrow critic who hates anyone the general… — Tony Orlando Copy Share Image
The fans reaction to the record (Red) is incredible. Taylor has been reading many tweets lately and wanted to thank her fans… — Scott Borchetta Copy Share Image
History in the making is a very uncertain thing. It might be better to wait till the South American republic has got… — Anna Brackett Copy Share Image
“They had started one of those wish-fulfillment kids’ adventure books, where the boy hero has exactly the qualities he needs to triumph,… — Maile Meloy Copy Share Image
“I think reading is sexy.” Daemon smiled at himself. My brows inched up my forehead. ”Do you now?” “Oh, yes, and you… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
I think every citizen in Burlington has a right to voice their opinion and participate in the local political process no matter… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
'Daughter of Smoke and Bone' is one of my all-time top YA fantasy trilogies, so I was a little nervous about reading… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
Okay. how about that time when you smoked all that weed that you thought was laced with something? You fell into the… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The taste for books was an early one. As a child he was sometimes found at midnight by a page still reading.… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
[...] He didn't want his wife to read historical romances because it might give her unrealistic expectations. [...] If I had been… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
I have read more about Oprah Winfrey’s ass than I have about the rise of China as an economic superpower. I fear… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“I don't believe some teachers consider whether their classroom instruction fosters the development of reading habits in their students. Reflecting on the… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
In junior high I read a lot of Stephen King, whose Americana approach to writing was often about "the terror next door"… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
...one of hallmarks of a creative person is the ability to tolerate ambiguity, dissonance, inconsistency, things out of place. But one of… — Ralph Caplan Copy Share Image
Whenever Roosevelt (Theodore) expected a visitor, he sat up late the night before, reading up on the subject in which he knew… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet,… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
It drives me crazy to do readings of my books, because if I read anything I've written in the past, I'd like… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
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