Anthropology Quote by David Plotz

Before college, I hadn't voluntarily read anything that might be called literature; I didn't think I'd understand it; I never seemed to understand my…

— Melissa Bank

Have been reading "Genesis" several Sundays, not as a Christian reads for "spiritual consolation," "instruction," etc., not as aninfidel reads to carp and quarrel…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

I used to just sit down and read the dictionary, and I read the Bible and Shakespeare from cover to cover.

— Joe R. Lansdale

From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not simply to…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books.

— Pete Wentz

The great thing about literature is that you're making up your own interpretation of the character anyway. Also, you're given basically a bible of…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

In my work, I attempt to deal with the Bible as I would deal with any work of literature.

— Hershel Shanks

I think it is an important question of our lives - what is the meaning of literature to us as humans.

— Robert Dessaix

You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.

— Aidan Chambers

Literature often gets taught nowadays as a record of the sins and shortcomings of the past. I see literature and the arts very differently:…

— Brian Boyd

When I was young, I didn't like to read. I would have much rather been outside doing something than been inside reading about it.

— Tony Dungy

Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. When you read…

— John Dufresne