Africa Quote by Binyavanga Wainaina

People enjoy being read to, beginning from when they're little.

— Eva Marie Saint

Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated,…

— Thomas S. Monson

I think I have probably adjusted the way I see the world, I interpret the world and I communicate the world into book format…

— Jackie French

The experience of reading is very interesting because you put yourself in the character's shoes and everything they're discovering, you marry the experience.

— Ashley Zukerman

Most of what I read is for reviewing purposes or related to something I want to write about. It's slightly utilitarian. I definitely miss…

— Pankaj Mishra

I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate a book…

— Rebecca Stead

Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading.

— Donalyn Miller

I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were pretty literate.

— John Malkovich

At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I have always been immersed in a world filled with words, earlier as a reader and now, finally, as both a reader and a…

— Twinkle Khanna

As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L'Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me…

— Sefi Atta

I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.

— Patti Smith