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
Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a phase for… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
It is in general true that in order to create works of art one has to have leisure. On the other hand… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
Is it advisable to spread out all the conveniences of culture before people to whom a few steps up a stair to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it.… — June Lockhart Copy Share Image
A 1977 poll of American astronomers, published in JSE, showed the following. Out of 2611 questionnaires 1356 were returned. In response to… — Bernard Haisch Copy Share Image
When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once you create this thing between duty and reading, it's over. Reading's over. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I know the action in the street is excitin' But Jesus, between all the bleedin’ ‘n fightin’ I’ve been readin’ ‘n writin’. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I grew up reading a lot of these super weird, genre-bending Southern gothic writers. — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
To arrive at the simplest truth, as Newton knew and practiced, requires years of contemplation. Not activity Not reasoning. Not calculating. Not… — George Spencer-Brown Copy Share Image
I studied art at Queens College, taking very few courses in literature. But I've always loved reading poetry and grew up enjoying… — Douglas Florian Copy Share Image
I'm bad at baking. I'm bad at letting go of things. I'm probably bad at reading. — Heidi Klum Copy Share Image
“To stop us reading forbidden books they will have to burn every manuscript. But to stop us thinking forbidden thoughts they will… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
So you're six years old, you're reading 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,' and it becomes rapidly obvious that there are only… — Emily Levine Copy Share Image
“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“There was going to be a spot for me in this joint, the earth, after all. It was never going to be… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
When I'm not actually doing my work, I'm planning it or thinking about it or reading things that on some level are… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Life is a lot like pizza… But in fact, Hank, the fundamental thing that all critical reading does is reveal to us… — John Green Copy Share Image
“My parents placed a high value on reading, starting with the King James Bible, and one whole wall of our living room… — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter. — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Keep reading books, stay in school. I encourage kids to read as much as they can, I challenge you to read a… — Alex Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page.… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
There were always plenty of newspapers in the house. 'The Times', 'Guardian', 'Daily Telegraph' and 'Daily Mail' were all regular fixtures on… — Lionel Barber Copy Share Image
The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. — Mem Fox Copy Share Image
