But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was constantly going to play readings,… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
...what I enjoy in a narrative is not directly its content or even its structure, but rather the abrasions I impose upon… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That's much better than watching television, much better. They won't get very… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“What traitors books can be! you think they're backing you up, and they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I feel guilty if I'm not reading books, but I read scripts of movies or things that I know I'm committed to… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
It's Earth Day today. Let me tell you something about polar bears. They're endangered but you have to be careful because a… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I'm always reading plays, and when I find something that I really want to do, then I'll make the time to do… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
To retire by the age of 35 was my goal. I wasn't sure how I was going to get there though. I… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
“Reading is too intimate,' Spofforth said. 'It will put you too close to the feelings and ideas of others. It will disturb… — Walter Tevis Copy Share Image
For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“..he read whatever came his way, as if it had been ordained by fate,..” — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger. — Confucius 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
Children of the future age Reading this indignant page Know that in a former time Love, sweet love, was thought a crime — William Blake Copy Share Image
Graphic novels might really speak to one child who's struggling with the other kinds of reading and might help them discover that… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
When I was dealing with the eating disorder, I wanted to look like the stick-thin models, but then I started reading fitness… — Torrie Wilson Copy Share Image
“Imogen was a bright girl naturally, but she had read so many novels that her brain was completely turned.” — Susan Coolidge Copy Share Image
We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and… — Brian Lamb Copy Share Image
And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Salinger is such a terrific writer; he did so many great things. He is one of those writers that I still reread,… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I loved 1930's women's pictures'films by Josef Von Sternberg or William Wyler. So, I fashioned a style out of that. The integrity… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
“The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
“I think the reason why I don't read so much, is because as I have observed, whole books all boil down to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Louie was still scratching his head when Tim McGrath wandered over. "What did I tell you about folks that read books too… — Robert Lawson Copy Share Image
I try not to set myself up as different or as a celebrity or special. I have a husband that can get… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“Have you ever reached to a point where you asked God if the assignment is really from Him. In your account you… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I was always furious because you couldn't take out more than three books in one day. You would go home with your… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
“You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a Winter's Night a Traveller. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
The last loan spell, at Reading, was the one I enjoyed most. The manager, Jose Gomes, put a lot of faith in… — Emiliano Martinez Copy Share Image
When I first got interested in comics at the time I was studying architecture and I discovered comics as a medium through… — Francoise Mouly Copy Share Image
“For six months, then, Emma, at fifteen years of age, made her hands dirty with books from old lending libraries.” — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“I never could read Foucault. I find philosophy tedious. All of my knowledge comes from reading novels and some history. I read… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
“I had read four thousand pages of letters by Lawrence and I wanted thousands of pages more... I wanted them not to… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
At the time, I was reading this Miles Davis book, and he was talking about coming to New York right after he… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
