I Read Quotes

1362 I Read quotes by 1094 unique authors

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu. — Alison Bechdel
To me, one of the greatest triumphs in doing a book is to tell the story as simply as possible. My aim is to imply… — Ezra Jack Keats
I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person and I just find it frustrating that people think that… — Kate Bush
Jesus had a tough life. I read about that guy. Jesus is the only guy that ever came back from the dead that didn't scare… — Sam Kinison
We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a… — Larry Page
I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much by Alice McDermot called Charming Billy. — John McGahern
Anything that I read, I read because I'm interested in it. — Andy Richter
I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing. — Cynthia Ozick
I read with keen interest the words of a bumper sticker readily visible on the highly polished chrome bumper of a car which was weaving… — Thomas S. Monson
I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture. — Jayne Ann Krentz
When I read biographies, I'm only interested in the first few chapters. I'm not interested in when people become successful. I'm interested in what made… — Michael Eisner
I read, therefore I'm interested in writers. — Philip Kaufman
A truly good book attracts very little favor to itself. It is so true that it teaches me better than to read it. I must… — Henry David Thoreau
Books of natural history make the most cheerful winter reading. I read in Audubon with a thrill of delight, when the snow covers the ground,… — Henry David Thoreau
The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. — Frederick Douglass
I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and… — Jonathan Stroud
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
Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true. — Augusten Burroughs
I read a lot; fiction and non-fiction are the mediums I find most edifying and inspiring. I watch movies and listen to music and take… — Carrie Brownstein
From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but… — Donald Kagan
I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism… — Carl Barks
I shared a bed with my sister, Grace, until I was seventeen years old. She was afraid to sleep alone and would begin asking me… — Lena Dunham
I read the books, get some, Listen to others, get little but what i get the most is to sit and think. — Khem Veasna
When I found myself in the U.S., and the war was at full swing in Bosnia, I read for survival - it was a means… — Aleksandar Hemon
I read the last Harry Potter, and I cried for at least the last 70 pages. Awful! I was curled into a ball and I… — Jesmyn Ward

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