The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young,… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
I don't know how it is with other writers, but most of the time when I finish [reading] a story or novel,… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
People don't like to read text on computer screens (and reading a lot of text on iPod screens gets very tiring very… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
[General James Mattis] said, reading allows you to learn from other people's mistakes without filling body bags with the bodies of your… — Peter R. Mansoor Copy Share Image
Even during my career, when I read all those great things about me, it's almost like I was reading about someone else.… — Willie McCovey Copy Share Image
The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and… — Hazel Hawke Copy Share Image
One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and the world therefore swarms with writers whose… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I can't actually wrap my mind around it easily - I can't really visualize what 2 million books looks like... So I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If a carpenter makes a chair that's comfortable for the person who's going to sit in it, he's done his job. If… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I suppose that it was inevitable that my word-base broadened. I could now for the first time pick up a book and… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
Back at the Chateau Windsor there was a rat-like scratching at the door of my room. Vinod, the youngest servant, came in… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
To me, the process of writing is just reading what I've written and - like running your hand over one of those… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Reading is performance. The reader--the child under the blanket with a flashlight, the woman at the kitchen table, the man at the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
When I was a kid and my parents started talking about politics, I'd run to my room and put on the Rolling… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
A good book deserves an active reading. The activity of reading does not stop with the work of understanding what a book… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The World is not enough used to this way of writing, to the moment. It knows not that in the minutiae lie… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
I was a 'reverence for life' man - 'see life steadily and see it whole' - in my days as a lecturer… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us and… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I… — Madeleine Stowe Copy Share Image
[I] am reading No Ordinary Joes. Should have had a medical checkup before I started it. Colton makes us fall in love… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
The unknown is very appealing to me. I like to be surprised. I love the idea I might know less at the… — James Spader Copy Share Image
Whenever I begin reading a new book, I am embarking on a new, uncharted journey with an unmarked destination. I never know… — Nancy Pearl Copy Share Image
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
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When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading… — C. S. Forester Copy Share Image
To lead by example is to offer your life as a living diarry for others to read. Never make your life pages… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
I was very lucky to have a father who read to us when we were children. And he didn't just read books… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
My mother brought us to the library every week, and I read a lot. That's what kept me company. I went from… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Before I went to bed, I sat up till 2 a-clock in my chamber, reading of Mr. Hooke's Microscopical Observations, the most… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
I never remain passive in the process of reading: while I read I am engaged in a constant creative activity, which leads… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
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To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I never envisioned when I was reading that comic as a 17-year-old that I would have the opportunity to actually play the… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
I write constantly, but only in my journals. I have three of them: one for travel, one for home, and one I… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
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![“I don't know how it is with other writers, but most of the time when I finish [reading] a story or novel, I may be pleased, I may even be impressed, but somewhere in the back of my mind I'm thinking, I can do that.” quote by F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/f-paul-wilson-20460_books_i-don-t-know-how-it-is-with-other-writer_2724424.png)
![“[General James Mattis] said, reading allows you to learn from other people's mistakes without filling body bags with the bodies of your soldiers as you learn on the battlefield.” quote by Peter R. Mansoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/peter-r-mansoor-34309_bags_general-james-mattis-said-reading-allows_2884316.jpg)
![“[I] am reading No Ordinary Joes. Should have had a medical checkup before I started it. Colton makes us fall in love with these guys, then puts our hearts in harm's way. It's lovely and ghastly and extremely powerful. His best yet.” quote by Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/katherine-dunn-2693_extremely_i-am-reading-no-ordinary-joes-should-hav_3174925.png)
