Even as a teenager we got interested in the Beats, Dada, and Surrealism, and so on. What drew us to those was… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
Despite wanting to work in publishing, I was a publisher's worst nightmare: I rarely bought new books. So my goal was to… — Andrew Latimer Copy Share Image
“When they arrived at the palace she had a word with Grant, the young footman in charge, who said it was security… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“Books,' I say sleepily. 'They don't change either. If you read a book and look at it again later on, it's still… — Truus Matti Copy Share Image
I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down… — Olivia Colman Copy Share Image
“Ivanov had been a party member since 1902. Back then he had tried to write stories in the manner of Tolstoy, Chekhov,… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
I've always loved reading manifestos. Collectively, they represent a triumph of style. — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
It can't be supposed," said Joe. "Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too." Are you, Joe?" Oncommon. Give me," said Joe, "a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“A good book will pull you in from the beginning and take you on a journey you'll never forget.” — Lauren Hammond Copy Share Image
There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, the place I felt least alone was when I was reading. — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
As a writer, I need an enormous amount of time alone. Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
“Malaysians don't like to read. If you're reading this, you must not be liking it, or not Malaysian.” — Brian Yap Copy Share Image
I have sometimes dreamt ... that when the Day of Judgment dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
“I don't fear death--I fear dying before I've read Dickens end to end.” — Amy Elizabeth Smith Copy Share Image
“...Orlando, to whom fortune had given every gift--plate, linen, houses, men-servants, carpets, beds in profusion--had only to open a book for the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Cheryl Cole, if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs. — Lily Allen Copy Share Image
I had to rehabilitate my mind and so I started reading more, and I became a better person. — Rich Homie Quan Copy Share Image
I enjoyed The Mirage by M. Ruff. I'm reading Edgar Rice Burrough's Princess Of Mars right and loving it. — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“Commit yourself to the serious reading of books, and your life will be enlightened.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are good; but then, they are only good at times and occasions, in… — William Law Copy Share Image
I've got Ph.D. just because I enjoyed reading and writing and didn't know what else to do. It was something fun to… — Tim Hecker 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
The truth, I am convinced, is that there is no longer a poetical audience among the higher class of minds, that moral,… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
“When the Day of Judgment dawns and the great conquerers and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards -- their crowns,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Two increasing themes which appear to dominate our listening, reading and watching lives are propaganda and 'national security', or manufactured war. — John Pilger Copy Share Image
We might be on the same page, but I wasn't happy about reading it. — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
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