The future of English fiction may rest with this Unknown Public - a reading public of three millions which lies right out… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Jocelyn recognized reading as a sacred pastime and usually wouldn't interrupt Clary in the middle of a book, even to yell at… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
the process of reading is reciprocal; the book is no more than a formula, to be furnished out with images out of… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
I've gone to readings to see authors after meeting them on Twitter. And while there, I've found myself sitting next to still… — John Searles Copy Share Image
“You write out of experience, and a large part of that experience is the life of the spirit; reading is the liberation… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“We can prevent reading: but in the decree that forbids reading there will be still read something of the truth that we… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“Reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family; and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my own… — M.T Anderson Copy Share Image
I quite like convincing the person the broom is their favourite actress. They are talking to a broom and they think it's… — Paul McKenna Copy Share Image
“Richard Foster is justified in writing: I am concerned that our reading and our writing is gravitating to the lowest common denominator… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Writing is a bit like swimming. You learn writing by doing it and you learn swimming by doing it. Nobody learns how… — Robert Munsch Copy Share Image
I was always much impressed, in reading prison memoirs of revolutionists, such as Lenin and Trotsky ... by the amount of reading… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
A book consists of two layers: on top, the readable layer ... and underneath, a layer that was inaccessible. You only sense… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
“It is not I who mix the colors but your own vision,' he answered. 'I only place them next to one another… — Milorad Pavic Copy Share Image
We like books that have a lot of dreck in them, matter which presents itself as not wholly relevant (or indeed, at… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
Reading, writing, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, medicine, physics, and more were all at one time deep occult secrets. Today, many of these things… — Donald Michael Kraig Copy Share Image
Write something and leave it aside so you've practically forgotten it as much as possible, a month or so, then come back… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
“Bean felt a rush of sweet nostalgia for the woman who had introduced us to E. Nesbit and Edward Eager and Laura… — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Microsoft unleashed something called Bob, a program that's supposed to make Windows easier to use. Until a Bob helper is born, you… — Josh Quittner Copy Share Image
“One bright day in the last week of February, I was walking in the park, enjoying the threefold luxury of solitude, a… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
My son Saif is an avid reader. He points me to books worth reading. I also must do the Indian Express crossword… — Sharmila Tagore Copy Share Image
I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but,… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind,… — Theodore Schroeder Copy Share Image
Now I'll read anytime, anywhere. I love reading in front of the space heater. Isn't that a sad confession? But it's like… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“Burn the book. It serves you once. Read the book. Serves you for a lifetime. Lend the book. It serves for generations… — Kowtham Kumar K Copy Share Image
The sort of strenuous reading and writing program I advocate - four to six hours a day, every day - will not… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
I am not just sitting and reading everything because honestly sometimes the scripts that appeal to me are projects that are not… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I’ve always found that the better the book I’m reading, the smarter I feel, or, at least, the more able I am… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I'm not a Lincoln expert, rather a biographer who has had the pleasure of reading much of what has been written about… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Philosophy and theology have so much to tell us about God, but people today want to experience God. There is a difference… — Dada Vaswani Copy Share Image
Stormy Weather is really wonderful - it ought to be required reading for everyone who is concerned about our planet's climate, beginning… — Ross Gelbspan Copy Share Image
It sounds so geeky, but I really do like studying and reading, and if I'm not working on 'Harry Potter,' then my… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I don't like going out. I hate clubs. I hate being around too many people. I love my home and staying in… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I… — Boris Becker Copy Share Image
If I were less lazy, when my play was published, I would go and rewrite everything for the reader. But I don't… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
I'm always reading several books at the same time, depending on how deeply engrossed in it I am, if it's fiction and… — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
