Book Quote by David Shields

I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I…

— Gracie Allen

I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.

— Conor Oberst

I'm always reading the next book. Taking notes. Highlighting, researching, studying. It doesn't stop.

— Jocko Willink

I read a lot when I was quite young and have been through phases when I have read less but it helps me stay…

— Dominic Calvert-Lewin

I read in a weird way. It comes in waves, and then I start, like, five different books at once. It takes me six…

— Barry McGee

It's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every…

— Jonathan Franzen

When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next novel, so…

— Richard Russo

When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something…

— Carl Hiaasen

“..reading a book doesn’t mean just turning the pages. It means thinking about it, identifying parts that you want to go back to, asking…

— Noam Chomsky

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that…

— Anatole Broyard

Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.

— Simon Mawer

I read books all the time, I'm always reading. I'm not like somebody that reads really fast or a lot or anything, but I…

— Christopher Owens