Age Quote by Erica Jong

As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that…

— W. Somerset Maugham

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important…

— Nina Bawden

This is what I have discovered - and it has been a gift in itself - that books live over and over again in…

— Rachel Joyce

I think of our readers as young, conscious people. We can't underestimate how far-reaching our content is, especially these days.

— Elaine Welteroth

“Individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and see the world from their perspective.”

— Annie Murphy Paul

There are books which we read early in life, which sink into our consciousness and seem to disappear without leaving a trace. And then…

— Anais Nin

The truth of it is, writers do have peculiar relationships with their characters. They are our children in more senses than one. They are…

— George R. R. Martin

I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the story, for…

— John McGahern

I love reading fiction about people who are connecting intellectually. I find that exhilarating.

— Lily King

People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however,…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I really believe we read differently when we know even the most banal facts of an author's life.

— Anne Michaels

Our stories about our own lives are a form of fiction, I began to see and become more insistent as we grow older, even…

— Roger Angell