Books Quote by David Denby

All reading for pleasure is entertainment.

— Raymond Chandler

I always like to entertain, first of all, and if the readers take anything away from it that helps them with their own lives,…

— Cecelia Ahern

I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.

— Bryant H. McGill

The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do…

— Nathalie Sarraute

My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will…

— Elmore Leonard

I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.

— Avi

If you enjoy reading something, read it.

— S. E. Hinton

You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you, it's not going to entertain anyone else.

— Nora Roberts

Reading should be a pleasure, not a chore.

— Joan Rivers

It's great fun to try to entertain.

— Zoe Ball

There are definitely some tricks and techniques to a good reading. Rewarding the audience that shows up to your reading is very important and…

— Kevin Sampsell

I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain.

— Kevin Wilson