When I graduated from high school I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library 3 days a week for 10 years. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“So much of one's life was spent reading; it made sense not to do it alone.” — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance. — Amy Plum Copy Share Image
The readings are at once instant in their appeal, and lingering in their impact. — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
I was doing some research and stuff and reading about Bowie. When he referred to his music as 'plastic soul,' I was… — Joshua Ostrander Copy Share Image
“I reflected, not for the first or last time, that when you are reading, others think they can disturb you because you… — James Tipton Copy Share Image
My guiltiest pleasure is reading a novel with a glass of wine. I love to read voraciously. I always have. And I… — Kasi Lemmons Copy Share Image
All I can say is I've been reading the lips of bleeped-out words, angry baseball players, and stoned-out rock stars on awards… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
For me, if I didn't have reading I'd go absolutely crazy. It really helps me to unplug from the whole world, and… — Bria Vinaite Copy Share Image
I had been reading magazines a lot, and I love magazines, and so I was always asking myself why is it that… — Mike McCue Copy Share Image
“It's true that when you read YA you rarely have to read about middle-aged men having affairs. Personally I consider that a… — Erin Bow Copy Share Image
Like, every couple of months you read, they rewrite, you come back in, they've animated more stuff - they usually videotape you… — John Goodman Copy Share Image
“I think the need for reading boils down to one simple issue: children are selfish. Reading about other people creates a sense… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“ Marginalia Sometimes the notes are ferocious, skirmishes against the author raging along the borders of every page in tiny black script.… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
Reading the Bible carefully, critically in the light of its historical circumstances, recognizing its humanity while hearing God speak through it, we… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“While the consequences are often quite hellish, I am absolutely and perhaps permanently against ignoring books recommended from the heart by very… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
The maiden Olympics had more to protest about than mere war, though. Central to its ethos was a rejection of two establishments… — Adrian Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The only light was a standing lamp by his chair, near his elbow was a drink. He liked to read with the… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“Now and then there are readings that make the hairs on the neck, the non-existent pelt, stand on end and tremble, when… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“In my living room there are two large bookcases, each one eight feet tall, and they have about five hundred books between… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
