Books I Read Quotes

30 quotes by 30 authors

I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff. — Naomi Watts
Well that's what I generally do with books - I read them. — Mary-Kate Olsen
The bands I like, they don't sell too many records and the girls I like, they don't kiss too many boys. Books I read will… — Frank Turner
Reading is the creative center of a writerâ€™s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of… — Stephen King
Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about… — Lawrence Block
My father gave me free run of his library. When I think of my boyhood, I think in terms of the books I read. — Jorge Luis Borges
The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do… — William Faulkner
I don't read books. I read the Daily Express and The Star. — Tim Sherwood
As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like… — Robert Jay Lifton
But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu. — Alison Bechdel
I loved reading Roald Dahl when I was young but I had forgotten a lot about the books. I read the 'BFG' on the iPad… — Frank Lampard
Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy. — Maggie Stiefvater
I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange. — Mark E. Smith
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young -… — Gabrielle Zevin
I love books. I read voraciously, and I happened to have been fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time. — David Heyman
Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids now won't be… — Cressida Cowell
I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy… — Judy Holliday
The books I read I do enjoy, very much; otherwise I wouldn't read them. Most of them are for review, for the New York Review… — Joyce Carol Oates
I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens. — Tom Peters
I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world. — Patti Smith

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