Character Quote by Ben Jonson

Each reader has to find her or his own message within a book.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Who is it can read a woman?

— William Shakespeare

There are different types of readers. People draw lines at which three things intersect: the character, the author, and the reader.

— David Bezmozgis

Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not…

— Jennifer Beals

Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like.

— Madeleine L'Engle

One reads alone, even in another's presence.

— Italo Calvino

“One cannot read a novel without ascribing to the heroine the traits of the one we love.”

— Alain de Botton

The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that…

— Joshua Leonard

“To understand a woman, read what she reads.”

— CarlF

Beware that the one who reads is the same as the book, the same as what is read, the same as the speaker and…

— Mohammed Dib

In a school community, someone who reads a book for some secretive purpose, other than discussing it, is strange. What was she reading for?

— John Irving

I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write - I have not finished writing something and she is…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante