Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters. — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're always reading scripts looking for something good. — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power. — Michael Foot Copy Share Image
Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
One gets infected, it is true, by the style of a work that one has been reading — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I had a Kindle for a brief while, but I dropped it in the ocean, and that was the end of electronic… — Elin Hilderbrand Copy Share Image
The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
We've always read to the kids, every night both kids get books. That's really important, and they love books. Our daughter is… — Jeremiah Brent Copy Share Image
By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world… — John Green Copy Share Image
“We can learn to pay attention, concentrate, devote ourselves to authors. We can slow down so we can hear the voice of… — Thomas Newkirk Copy Share Image
When I first read the script for 'A Little Chaos,' I just loved reading it, as it is a really lovely, accessible,… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Even today, I hunt for the fabulous books that will change me utterly. I find myself happiest in the middle of a… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
No. He says when you're dealing with any kids of supernatural beings, Gods and Devils and angels, you tend to think about… — David Wong Copy Share Image
A Crime So Monstrous is a remarkably brave and unflinching piece of reportage and storytelling. Ben Skinner bears witness, sharing stories so… — Alex Kotlowitz Copy Share Image
In an extensive reading of recent books by psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and inspirationalists, I have discovered that they all suffer from one… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“Yet regardless of where they come from, I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them - with… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I'm an expert at killing time on planes now. I do a lot of reading. My secret sort of nerdy side is… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
I like doing this stuff [stunts] though, it's kind of the whole reason that you want to do the movie. When you're… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
[Wave of bestselling conservative commentators] it's kind of like reading The Power Of Positive Thinking, or any other advice or how-to book.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I rather envy writers who do variations on a theme. I like reading those books, but in practice, I can't do it. — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old books. — George F Will Copy Share Image
When I was eight I discovered 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe' by C S Lewis and it made me fall… — Tony Hadley Copy Share Image
I don't think anything's more rewarding than hearing that you've helped someone gain a love of reading. — James Dashner Copy Share Image
When you're reading Thoreau you look at Hollywood differently, let me tell ya! — Emile Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Picture books build readers, Mr. Leon. Two missing books from our collection is like two missing bricks from a cathedral.” — Kristin O'Donnell Tubb Copy Share Image
“Most of the time, we don’t know others; we only know our own ideas about others” — S.E. SEVER Copy Share Image
I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Astronomy would not provide me with bread if men did not entertain hopes of reading the future in the heavens. — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
“Reading felt like a daytime dream in a secret land. Nobody but I knew how to get there, and nobody but I… — Lawrence Hill Copy Share Image
Autumn. Pretty leaves, pumpkin pie and sweaters. Perfect weather for reading. Winter is great but I hate shoveling. — Eden Robinson Copy Share Image
People have a hard time reading my comics. I think I leave things out, but I feel you should. — Brian Chippendale Copy Share Image
I like reading, writing, hiking, camping, free running, surfing, rock climbing, long boarding, and so much more. — Nolan Gould Copy Share Image
I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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