A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
I am an academic," said Professor Mandalay, "and thus have no finely developed senses that would be comprehensible to anyone who has… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It's fun for me to be with someone who loves reading as much as I do, because he'll give me things to… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
“People are like mugs with different handles. Some can be held by their emotions; others by their logic, passions, desires or dreams” — S.E. SEVER Copy Share Image
You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture. You've got to become them." (Speaking about researching, and reading, and… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Now, 75 years [after To Kill a Mockingbird ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in good stead under every variety of circumstances and be a… — John Herschel Copy Share Image
First, there was Confucius. Then, the sayings of Chairman Mao. And now the pithy, ironic, and humorous insights of Ai Weiwei. I… — Jerome A. Cohen Copy Share Image
Today, I wanted to spend some time reading and responding to comments of fans on my Facebook page. Yes, there are great… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
We all have a tendency to over generalize our individual experiences. After I've published something, I'll meet someone who says, "I'm Haitian,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I've always believed that everything that is said from authority is either the authority of one's own heart, one's own brain, one's… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“...Orlando, to whom fortune had given every gift--plate, linen, houses, men-servants, carpets, beds in profusion--had only to open a book for the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
It's hard to tell if anyone's interested in reading a serialized story. But it's interesting to put in a cliffhanger each week.… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
To travel best requires some time preparing for your visit to a particular location - that you don't travel anywhere without spending… — Arthur Frommer Copy Share Image
Reading and watching movies are the only two things I do. I'm moody, so at times I'm annoyingly introverted; at other times… — Sriti Jha Copy Share Image
People feel compelled to continue reading and hearing the news. Sometimes, you just want somebody to be yelling at it with you… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
“Because that’s the thing about reading / books. For all their vulnerabilities and lack of pull relative to screens, reading / books… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
I've got Ph.D. just because I enjoyed reading and writing and didn't know what else to do. It was something fun to… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
'Hairspray' was a show I was involved in from the very first reading, and I was 19. And, 'Hairspray', was one of… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
I think people make certain assumptions about what they're interested in reading or what others would be interested in reading, and when… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Well, whatever you and Nancy decide to be when you grow up, I know that you'll be happy because you have discovered… — Betty MacDonald Copy Share Image
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Reading it the night before, I'd wondered if it would be like that for me-if in one moment, I would finally understand… — John Green Copy Share Image
...That he'd seen...two people, a young man and a woman, sitting on invisible furniture with their feet up, reading books and eating… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I love a nicely designed paper comic but I don't need to own them. To me, comics are about reading them. If… — Charles Forsman Copy Share Image
Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If you actually do cold readings, it's very close to how people actually talk, because you're experiencing these thoughts anew every moment,… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
I must confess that I'm not a great reader. At the moment I'm reading my son's 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive… — Sophie Thompson Copy Share Image
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
You do better in the gym with a trainer; you don't figure out how to cook without reading a recipe. Therapy is… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
“Books are personal, passionate. They stir emotions and spark thought in a manner all their own, and I'm convinced that the shattered… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this,… — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
I'm a very skeptical guy: my willing suspension of disbelief doesn't go very far when I'm reading other people's SF, and it… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
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