The novel space is a pure space. I'm nobody once I go into that room. I'm not gay, I'm not bald, I'm… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps… — George Gordon Byron Copy Share Image
Translated literature can be fascinating. There's something so intriguing about reading the text second hand - a piece of prose that has… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
A children's biography doesn't have to be comprehensive, and it doesn't have to be definitive. It does have to be accurate, to… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Almost every time I speak to teenagers, particularly young female students who want to talk to me about feminism, I find myself… — Laurie Penny Copy Share Image
Nick sat beside Simon, who was at his computer. Marcus stood at attention beside the food. Hale had his feet on the… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
I'm one of the few reading and thinking people who loves Las Vegas for the vulgarity and omnipresence of the dream. The… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
“Being a reader is how I choose to spend my life, every aspect of it, inside and outside of the classroom. I… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“The rage for swiftness which is so characteristic of this restless time has been extended to fashions of reading. One effect of… — Arlo Bates Copy Share Image
My feeling, however, is that films that are open are more productive for the audience. The films that, if I'm in a… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you are in the midst of writing a book, I think it is important to touch base every day. If I… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The narrator blames the birds. And you want to blame the birds as well. I blamed the birds for a long time.… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
All morning I struggled with the sensation of stray wisps of one world seeping through the cracks of another. Do you know… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
We live in a highly industrialized society and every member of the Black nation must be as academically and technologically developed as… — Frances M. Beal Copy Share Image
Philosophy isn't reading Emmanuel Kant. Philosophy is about thinking hard about what the right thing to do is in a situation and… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Television was restricted by my parents. They encouraged reading more than anything. It wasn't done in a let's-get-educated kind of way, it… — Vic Reeves Copy Share Image
I remember one letter from a girl in a midwestern town who read one of my books and thought she had discovered… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“Anything worth reading is not only worth reading twice, but worth reading again and again. If a book is worthwhile, then you… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Part of the appeal was that Medawar was not only a Nobel Laureate, but he seemed like a Nobel Laureate; he was… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I've always liked elliptical writing, whether it's Kafka or Paula Fox, and I'm often bored by writers who explain too much. I… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
“They were probably reading on their tablets,” said Nina loyally. She loved her e-reader, too. “Yes, I know,” said the man. “But… — Jenny Colgan Copy Share Image
Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re… — John Green Copy Share Image
“The pressure to get over, to forget, to wipe away the past, is often reinforced by one particular way of reading Christian… — Shelly Rambo Copy Share Image
“Our freedom to say or write whatever we please in this country is holy to me. It is a rare privilege not… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
I don't want the words to be naked the way they are in faxes or in the computer. I want them to… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“I consider myself more of a story teller than a writer. My readers constantly say that reading one of my stories is… — P.A. Morris Copy Share Image
Learning to be flexible in values takes a very long time...Of course I felt a little uncomfortable during questioning the concept of… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
I love short stories - reading and writing them. The best short stories distill all the potency of a novel into a… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
“If you think about it, reading is a necessarily individual act, far more than writing. If we assume that writing manages to… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“The moment that counts most for me is the moment that precedes reading. At times a title is enough to kindle in… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
In the reading and writing life, delight, for me, is where the mystery lies. Easy enough to figure out how scenes of… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
I love the apparent quiet of reading a book. You sit there; you're not really moving. It looks very solitary. It looks… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
