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I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under my desk. — Chelsea Cain
I read a lot fewer thrillers than I think people assume I do. — Chelsea Cain
I get inspiration from literally everything and anything. I take inspiration from people, relationships, stories, and I take inspiration from movies I see, books I… — Unknown Author
Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one book for my birthday. I… — Unknown Author
To become a novelist, the most crucial thing one must do is read, read and read again - gradually you begin to think like a… — Unknown Author
I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read. — Unknown Author
I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book. — Groucho Marx
A magazine is simply a device to induce people to read advertising. — James C. Collins
Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it. — Adlai E. Stevenson
It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read. — Anita Brookner
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. — Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. — Amy Lowell
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. — A. C. Benson
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over… — George Gissing
Read much, but not many books. — Gustave Flaubert
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man. — Barbara Pym
I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so. — Sydney Smith
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better;… — Harold Bloom
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them. — Jackie Collins

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