I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books. — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
I'm the world's worst at reading reviews and then pretending I've read the book. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
“Too many thousands of opened books yawned between them and him. He had exiled himself.” — Jack London Copy Share Image
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul. — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
You take a text, you explore it, you enter it with all your heart and all your mind. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing).” — Mike Schmoker Copy Share Image
Literature is about telling stories. Now, the gift of literature is that, in some lucky cases, reading a novel or a story… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
For anyone who is: just keep writing. Keep reading. If you are meant to be a writer, a storyteller, it'll work itself… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I can't help but notice in so many stories,… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
I am into coaching and punditry, but I do miss being able to run around and kick a football which I can't… — Wayne Bridge Copy Share Image
The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I don't remember being a keen reader, but apparently I was. My aunt told me that whenever I was teased for reading,… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
Dr. Phil was very helpful and caring. I believe he helped all of us there and watching how to better relate, understand,… — Louie Anderson Copy Share Image
The genius of reading and of gardening are antagonistic, like resinous and vitreous electricity. One is concentrative in sparks and shocks: the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. Even as a… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
The State insists that, by thus quarantining the general reading public against books not too rugged for grown men and women in… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
I don't want to just be an athlete. I kind of obsess on that sometimes. I don't want my son to be… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
“To me, the raveled sleeve of care is never more painlessly knitted up than in an evening alone in a chair snug… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“I couldn't get to sleep. The book lay nearby. A thin object on the divan. So strange. Between two cardboard covers were… — Ismail Kadare Copy Share Image
“She imagined the reading she did now as like climbing inside one of those deep old beds she'd seen in a museum,… — Tessa Hadley Copy Share Image
“One of the powerful functions of a library — any library — lies in its ability to take us away from worlds… — Richard F. Thomas Copy Share Image
“Those that spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular… — M.R. James Copy Share Image
“All the computer can give you is a manuscript. People don't want to read manuscripts. They want to read books.” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
If you start the day reading the obituaries, you live your day a little differently. — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Even the most ill-formed words, set to paper, are a great blessing.” — Ruthanna Emrys Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a bad book, I just like some books more than others. - Chris Geiger” — Chris Geiger Copy Share Image
I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my… — Billie Piper Copy Share Image
It seems to me that most people are interested in reading about characters who are richer than they are. — Stuart Woods Copy Share Image
That's the way I always listened to music. I'd listen and copy it. I play by ear so that's easier than reading. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I don't cry too often reading books, but I did reading Francisco Goldman's autobiographical novel, 'Say Her Name.' — David Grann Copy Share Image
Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I was lonely as a kid. Since I had no siblings, I spent a lot of time by myself and a lot… — Sandra Faber Copy Share Image
It seems like just yesterday my son was hiding under the table to avoid reading. Now, he's writing books longer than mine! — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Euripides "questioned everything. He was a misanthrope who preferred books to men.” — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Reading is important because it makes you smarter and lets you find out about things you're curious about. — Alex Wolff Copy Share Image
Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
