Literary influences are harder for me to point to, because mostly it's a mulch of all of my past reading. — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
My doctors told me this morning my blood pressure is down so low that I can start reading the newspapers. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The words are not mere words. They are the breath and mind, perhaps even the soul, of the person who is reading. — Verlyn Klinkenborg Copy Share Image
“Imogen was a bright girl naturally, but she had read so many novels that her brain was completely turned.” — Susan Coolidge Copy Share Image
“Don't read a book to let the time pass...let the time pass to read a book.” — Nicholaa Spencer Copy Share Image
“Ir you're a writer, reading is part of your job description. ~ Mark Rubinstein” — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“She'd been an actress, an artist's model, once or twice a kept woman, through all a voracious reader.” — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Since reading Cameron Diaz's 'The Body Book', I follow her routine of drinking a pint of water first thing. It rehydrates and… — Gemma Atkinson Copy Share Image
When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Every free minute away from dance (my main focus) I was memorizing new English words, either showering, walking or on the toilet.… — Li Cunxin Copy Share Image
In many ways, the ability to read is the great divide that separates the very young from everyone else. Once we've joined… — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
It's people stories that make good reading. I don't feel like I'm a sportswriter. I feel like I'm a guy who writes… — Rick Reilly Copy Share Image
I spent as much time watching telly and films when I was a kid as I did lying around reading books. I… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
A Pennsylvania woman convicted for shoplifting was sentenced to wear a badge that reads "Convicted Shoplifter." However, her lawyers hope to plea… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“The library is a whispering post. You don't need to take a book off a shelf to know there is a voice… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I felt so liberated when I first saw Charles Mee’s 'The Glory of the World' at BAM play, because for me this… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
“Colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo . Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin . Burn it.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
It is always easier to take the words of a Jesus, a Gandhi, a Marx, or a Confucius as constituting Holy Writ.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on the whole, there is… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
Reading about utopianism, and eventually creating characters with their own utopian ambitions, was the way I learned to live with being a… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
There are some who say that sitting at home reading is the equivalent of travel, because the experiences described in the book… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
