The novels that get praised in the NY Review of Books aren't worth reading. Ninety-seven percent of science fiction is adolescent rubbish,… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
I really wasn't very involved politically with anything up until that point. Then I started reading about the second Palestinian Intifada, and… — Sharif Abdel Kouddous Copy Share Image
“Somebody is observing my writings, I know that. That's one reason why I keep reading and writing.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“Roger left the cricket stumps and they went into the drawing room. Grandpapa, at the first suggestion of reading aloud, had disappeared,… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
“Disappointed in his hope that I would give him the fictional equivalent of “One Hundred Ways of Cooking Eggs” or the “Carnet… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I really had a hard time reading greens. One week I could get really hot and just see the lines really well… — Viktor Hovland Copy Share Image
When you're reading a newspaper and you're seeing ads on the page, it's not kind of invasive. Like, it's on the page… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
You have to give your art everything you can - I don't mean only writing, but studying other poets and poetics, thinking,… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I'm not a good reader. I had to take remedial reading in school. I was a slow reader and therefore it's tough… — Bruce Dern Copy Share Image
Obama says his recreation consists of reading the Constitution... looking for a loophole. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I find it particularly shocking that people work all week long, and then on the weekend they give their money to another… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. — Anonymous 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
“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
That happened when I was a freshman in high school. The guy reading it [the Bible] was dating my older sister. I… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
“A few months ago, I was sitting morosely at my desk, wondering why I had ever agreed to review Barbara Bush: A… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Many things embarrass me, but reading isn't one of them. I'm not ashamed of my slightly weird collection of prison memoirs. Nor… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
I don't want to exaggerate; having as many African American men as we've had in the criminal-justice system, and the amount of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The strength of fiction is not in reading about yourself, but in reading about other people. — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
“People cannot stand the saddest truth I know about the very nature of reading and writing imaginative literature, which is that poetry… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
