Business Quote by David Samuels

Reading was a way to make friends or enemies, a way to discover how all these different people exist in the world and to…

— Amy Poehler

Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that.

— John Green

“The attraction of reading is that it allows you to live, for a few hours, as someone else—grants you access to their head, their…

— Alessandra Torre

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

— Anonymous

Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.

— Tom Bissell

“For most writers, reading is also a very intense experience; they don’t read so much as compete. The writer measure’s himself against every text…

— Betsy Lerner

“Reading is action. Even though it is often done quietly and alone, reading is a profoundly social activity, and a vigorous and demanding one.…

— J. Paul Hunter

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

— Anonymous

“Reading entails empathy, a sort of “trying on” of being another person for a while.”

— Tat Wood

The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to have any…

— Nick Hornby

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus.

— Augusten Burroughs