All over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay… — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
I remember 'Roots' growing up and the cultural impact it had on the country. Watching 'Roots' was not the cool remove of… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I love sports. When I'm not playing, I'm watching, reading, or otherwise obsessing about them. This probably stems from growing up in… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
... if this world were anything near what it should be there would be no more need of a Book Week than… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
A foreigner coming here and reading the Congressional Record would say that the President of the United States was elected solely for… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“She liked getting hold of some book... and keeping it to herself, and gnawing its contents in privacy, and pondering the meaning… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and… — Sophie Thompson Copy Share Image
What are you reading?" Owen asks. "Charlotte's Web," Liz says. "It's really sad. One of the main characters just died." "You ought… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I learned that a television show is not a collaboration. You give your 180 percent, but you do not question the show-runners.… — Illeana Douglas Copy Share Image
My historical reading of the situation is that these great monolithic empires developed, Rome, Turkey, and so forth, and they always break… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Deeply disturbing in a way that only the most honest stories are, YACCUB is a fiercely written, daring journey through America's urban… — Brandon Massey Copy Share Image
With this book in my hands, reading aloud to my friends, questioning them, explaining to them, I was made clearly to understand… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“Far from being writers—founders of their own place, heirs of the peasants of earlier ages now working on the soil of language,… — Michel de Certeau Copy Share Image
A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Homer and Candy passed by the empty and brightly lit dispensary; they peeked into Nurse Angela's empty office. Homer knew better than… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Everyone always talks about the magic of books being able to take you to other places, to let you see exotic worlds,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the… — Garance Dore Copy Share Image
We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more… — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
“Never throw away squeezed lemon, but keep them for the day by the sink. Then you can use them to remove fish,… — Jennifer Paterson Copy Share Image
Restaurants, shows, night life, art exhibits, readings - New York is such a cultural epicenter, and while Jersey makes so much sense… — Lee Kelly Copy Share Image
I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
“ candid , adj . "Most times, when I'm having sex, I'd rather be reading." This was, I admit, a strange thing… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“We're at once alone and in close company: this is the great gift of the novel, the element that makes reading more… — Brenda Walker Copy Share Image
I wrote stories as a kid just for myself. One day, some of the kids in my class found some of my… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
My mom was big on education, big on reading, so she was always pushing books on me: 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,'… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
I mean the good thing about Marvel is that they're really good about reading what they call the shareholders - the fans.… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
I have this belief that children become readers before they can read. They become hooked on books because they were read aloud… — Jacqueline Wilson Copy Share Image
I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think… — Pete Fountain Copy Share Image
“Reading a wide variety of books and thus accessing very different sources of information, accessing very different worlds and ideas is a… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword-swinging princesses or lightning-throwing gods. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Today we read books 'extensively,' often without sustained focus, and with rare exceptions we read each book only once. We value quantity… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
Obviously, if I'm reading in Vienna or Venezuela or Italy, there's the issue of language, and I will make choices that are… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
“Indeed, if we read merely to stock our head with ideas, to feel superior to others, or to appear learned, then our… — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“He did not wholly understand the intricate play of ideas and the complex phrases, but as he read he sensed a strong,… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
I love getting things done. That's why I spend several hours a day reading productivity articles. And when the day is done,… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
“All this she must possess," added Darcy, "and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
...I will continue to underscore that I don't think authorial intent is all that important to a reading experience, and I certainly… — John Green Copy Share Image
The early development of speed reading can be traced to the beginning of the (20th) century, when the publication explosion swamped readers… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image