Reading Quotes · Page 126

In the '40s and '50s, a lot of teachers and librarians saw the graphic novel as the enemy of reading.

— Gene Luen Yang

“This book does not exist. And even if it did, it wouldn’t be worth buying or reading.”

— Jarod Kintz

“There's a difference between preferring books to parties and preferring sixteen cats to seeing the light of day.”

— Lauren Morrill

When you're reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call "taking up with a writer," something happens.

— Al Pacino

Reading is looked at like it's corny or lame, but you'd be surprised what you can find in a book.

— Jaylen Brown

I didn't go to school much, so I taught myself what I knew from reading.

— Doris Lessing

Lord Ashcroft's 2005 report 'Smell the Coffee' made uncomfortable reading for the Conservatives.

— Nicky Morgan

“Choices, options, decisions abound. Choose right, take the best option and decide well.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

I could be standing in the supermarket, and there is a person standing down the aisle, who is reading the back of…

— Bill Henson

As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) isthe art of skipping, so the art of being wise…

— William James

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories.…

— Jean M. Auel

The danger of the blogosphere is reading only those you agree with. While there are right-wing blogs that are entertaining freak shows,…

— Molly Ivins

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is…

— B. F. Skinner

“If you wish to draw profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and never with the design of gaining a reputation for…

— Thomas à Kempis

In New York, you are forced into having very public lives and observing all types of people, what they sound like, what…

— Nick Kroll

I am not unique in my elegiac sadness at watching reading die, in the era that celebrates Stephen King and J.K. Rowling…

— Harold Bloom

After my husband, Dave, died, I called my friend Adam, a psychologist who studies how people find meaning in our lives, and…

— Sheryl Sandberg

In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading,…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I personally never felt like I connected to a lot of characters, especially female characters, that were written the way they were…

— Katy O'Brian

Whenever anyone declares having read a book of mine I am disappointed by the error. That’s because my books are not to…

— Antonio Lobo Antunes

“A few months ago, I was sitting morosely at my desk, wondering why I had ever agreed to review Barbara Bush: A…

— Christopher Hitchens

Whoever writes a bad review, I put their name on a list, and they're going to get taken care of one day…

— Brett Ratner

Talent renders the whole idea of rehearsal meaningless; when you find something at which you are talented, you do it (whatever it…

— Stephen King

“You have to read widely, constantly refining (and redefining) your own work as you do so. It’s hard for me to believe…

— Stephen King

“I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading.”

— Charles Lamb

“I want the kids to enjoy reading not only today but for the rest of their lives.”

— Ron Clark

My idea of a productive day, as both a child and an adult, was reading for hours and staring out the window.

— Gail Caldwell

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

— Tom T. Hall

I wish I was making shoes instead of reading or watching movies, which is what I do in my free time.

— Manolo Blahnik

The strength of fiction is not in reading about yourself, but in reading about other people.

— Tom Rachman

“How can we read when people need our help? It's a luxury. A stupid luxury.”

— Gary Shteyngart

“We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them. [ Inside Out (VH1)]”

— Warren Zevon

My husband and I are huge bibliophiles. He's always reading 'The New York Times Book Review' and then ordering 20 books online.

— Carrie Coon

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

— Oscar Wilde

“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.”

— Sara Sheridan

In some areas I am more noted for reading then I am for cookies!

— Wally Amos

We gather for prayer, and reading the Bible, and singing the songs of David.

— William Brewster

My father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little.

— Honeysuckle Weeks

Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other.

— Carlos Fuentes

So theres this girl. She's beautiful... and she's reading this right now

— Drake