I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running… — Patrick White Copy Share Image
Writing, playing, composing, painting, reading, listening, looking-all require that we submit to being swept away by Eros, to a transformation of self… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
I get motivation about reading about the Founding Fathers and just how much they accomplished and at such young ages in their… — Nick Bosa Copy Share Image
I've always been, like, a book-smart person; I'm very into language and reading, and that really lends itself to comedy, because you… — Janelle James Copy Share Image
“At any rate, during the few hours when the depressive state itself eased off long enough to permit the luxury of concentration,… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“I was first a reader and without readers what would be the point in writing. For those of you who love a… — Michelle Dennis Evans Copy Share Image
“Though he would sometimes not touch a book for a week, he generally spent part of each day in reading…if he sat… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
“We've inherited many ideas about writing that emerged in the eighteenth century, especially an interest in literature as both an expression and… — James Shapiro Copy Share Image
“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“They say no one reads anymore, but I find that's not the case. Prisoners read. I guess they're not given much access… — Rivka Galchen Copy Share Image
“After that they browsed for a minute or two in a semi-detached fashion. Nick found a set of Trollope which had a… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
“On my website there's a quote from the writer Anthony Burgess: "The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap,… — Simon Cheshire Copy Share Image
“Books are just like Rorschach tests. The patterns we find in a book’s ink reveal far more about us than they do… — Sean Norris Copy Share Image
The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books.… — Grace Lin Copy Share Image
“Katherine Anne Dugan had long ago realized that being pretty helped her to be a better librarian, actually stimulating interest in learning… — Suzanne Roberts Copy Share Image
My daughter will be reading about Pat Buchanan in a history book someday, and I am hanging out fist-bumping with him and… — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
“Reading is one of the most pleasurable activities out there. On a scale of human enjoyment I once found in a reference… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Reading was my first solitary vice (and led to all others). I read while I ate, I read in the loo, I… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“The coverlet warmed her legs. The firelight wobbled over the pages. Maelyn sank into the world the words wrapped around her, hushing… — Anita Valle Copy Share Image
it is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Reading to our children and our grandchildren is something we can all try to do every day of the year. Not only… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
When I'm being driven to the reading, my mom doesn't know who the client is. My assistant, Charlie, does not know who… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
The experience of reading a novel and watching a television show are quite different. You can't let your audience get ahead of… — Michelle Fairley Copy Share Image
I've always thought that if my death was imminent, I would read. When I can't focus on a book, I tend to… — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
“I have always enjoyed reading, but I've never been sure how to select appropriate material. There are so many books in the… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
Today's sensitive male has learned to share in open frank discussions about relationships like, "Where the hell did you get a crazy… — Lewis Grizzard Copy Share Image
For me, it's really important when I go into a reading to not have any bias and so that's a big reason… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
The fun of reading as "an exchange between consciousnesses, a way for human beings to talk to each other about stuff we… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
One of the things I love most about second person is that it reminds the reader that they are reading a text.… — Rob Roberge Copy Share Image
You may have tangible wealth untold: Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be I had… — Strickland Gillian Copy Share Image
I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. There’s a whole new world in books. If you… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
“The book and I secret ourselves Behind the paneled door. We merge our thoughts in retrospect Of ancient mystic lore. We spend… — Edna Moore Schultz Copy Share Image
I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again, pronounce a text, Cry hem; and reading what… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading, and it was in the course of… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
Here's the problem: we are living in a time when the act of reading is changing. The nature of a reader's attention… — Ayad Akhtar Copy Share Image
Holiday drinking in my family happens about as often as Sarah Palin is spotted reading the 'New York Times.' Neither of my… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
