When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. — John Berger Copy Share Image
“And yet sometimes she worried about what those musty old books were doing to her. Some people majored in English to prepare… — Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot Copy Share Image
“Bombs are falling and we're reading stories, I thought. I have entered the realm of the insane. -Jacob” — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“...a large contingent of people majoring in English by default. Because they weren't left-brained enough for science, because history was too dry,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
in reading ... stories, you can be many different people in many different places, doing things you would never have a chance… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
I was enjoying myself writing, because I don't know what's going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Some people majored in English to prepare for law school. Others became journalists. The smartest guy in the honors program, Adam Vogel,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I always know exactly where my stories take place, which gives me something certain so I can use my imagination for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always wanted to act. My brother and I would hang out all the time, and a lot of our entertainment came… — Katy O'Brian Copy Share Image
I was reading stories by Raymond Carver and some of his stuff sort of ended abruptly here and there, where in other… — Limmy Copy Share Image
“I think this story-writing business is the foolishest yet," scoffed Marilla. "You'll get a pack of nonsense into your heads and waste… — L. M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Franklin, I was absolutely terrified of having a child. Before I got pregnant, my visions of child rearing--reading stories about cabooses with… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“My concern with democracy is highly specific. It begins in observing the remarkable fact that, while democracy means a government accountable to… — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
In making up stories, as in reading stories, I could create a contained world in which an experience is shared in its… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Christmas is all about festivity, family, being together, reading stories and entertaining one another. — Spencer Matthews Copy Share Image
I read individual stories a lot in magazines and other places, too, but I really think there's something to be said for… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
I grew up your classic nerd who was not good at throwing balls or kicking them. I was good at reading stories… — Tom King Copy Share Image
“Franklin, I was absolutely terrified of having a child. Before I got pregnant, my visions of child rearing- reading stories about cabooses… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“an only son named Jack. Jack was a boy of a bold temper; he took pleasure in hearing or reading stories” — Hamilton Wright Mabie Copy Share Image
What I notice, as a historian reading stories about so-called nature miracles, the walking on the water, or the miraculous catch of… — John Dominic Crossan Copy Share Image
“As an editor, you develop a B.S. meter—an internal warning system that signals caution about journalism that doesn't feel trustworthy. Sometimes it's… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
“Early on, for better or worse, I chose whose child I wanted to be: the child of the novel. Almost everything else… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
