Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered to comment on the aims and activities… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“Always be reading something, he said. Even when we’re not physically reading. How else will we read the world? Think of it… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
“Aesthetic criticism returns us to the autonomy of imaginative literature and the sovereignty of the solitary soul, the reader not as a… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Farewell all relations and friends in Christ; farewell acquaintances and all earthly enjoyments; farewell reading and preaching, praying and believing, wanderings, reproaches,… — Donald Cargill Copy Share Image
I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I stopped reading articles about myself. Even if it's not bad, I think actively caring about people's daily perception of you makes… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
My negotiation skills are are on par with George Bush's reading ability. And just like Dubya, every time I've tried to put… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
“Reading is one of the main things I do. Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel I accomplished something, became a better… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
“Dear Lord I am tired of forgiving people that offended me. Is there anyway you can fix this people's mind to do… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
I tend to write three to four hours a day, depending - oftentimes very late at night. When I write on Twitter,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
She became politically conscious thanks to Studs Terkel and the radio. She started reading all the books we brought home from college… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I wasn't a huge fan of the comic book, but I definitely was of the cartoon series. I wasn't much for sitting… — Daniel Cudmore Copy Share Image
I have read so many books. And yet, like most Autodidacts, I am never quite sure of what I have gained from… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
As actors you have this trait to imitate very easily. I don't want to imitate anything or limit myself of finding this… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
“Belikov is a sick, evil man who should be thrown into a pit of rabid vipers for the great offense he commited… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
In a sense, journalism can be both helpful and detrimental to a writer of fiction because the kind of writing you need… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“If God give you a status, don't turn yourself to a statue. Don't become a monument. God still want to reside inside… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
“Weigh whatever you are about to say; what will it do to your hearer - encouragement, edification, disappointment or fear? What will… — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
Feelings, too, are facts. Emotion is a fact. Human experience is a fact. It is often possible to gain more real insight… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think reading an audiobook is a real skill - for one thing, you have to be able to do impressions and… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I'm incredibly restless. I read a lot of poetry. I also find myself reading the first 20 pages of everything, looking for… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I'm 40 years old, and I still love watching Bugs Bunny slap the bull on the nose. I still watch those cartoons,… — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
I was not a vampire or werewolf fan at all. I'd never even heard of the series. I auditioned for the role,… — Taylor Lautner Copy Share Image
We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications. Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the novel we can know people perfectly, and, apart from the general pleasure of reading, we can find here a compensation… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When I was young, there was no such thing as YA. You simply went from reading children's novels to reading adult novels.… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I'm always reading. I've loved reading since I was young, and I've always loved sinking my teeth into a different world, especially… — Ellie Bamber Copy Share Image
At 17, I went to an engineering college, the entire reading was about fluid mechanics and steam engines and what not, so… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“See, some guys prefer asses Some prefer tits And I’m not saying that I don’t like those bits But what’s more important… — Mark Grist Copy Share Image
The dull people decided years and years ago, as everyone knows, that novel-writing was the lowest species of literary exertion, and that… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
I think it's a really good idea to be bumping into all kinds of people in all kinds of ways. So you… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
After my mother died, I lived with relatives. Reading was a means of escaping into other worlds, as photography, much later, was… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And honestly, if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
