Character Quote by Francoise Sagan

But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do.

— Piers Anthony

If you don't read for pleasure, you'll lose your edge as a writer.

— Nora Roberts

Of course there is no denying the possible pleasure of holing up with a fat, slow-moving, mediocre novel; still, we all know that we…

— Joseph Brodsky

It sounds schmaltzy to say, but fiction is much more to do with love than people admit or acknowledge. The novelist has to not…

— Martin Amis

The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.

— Paul Theroux

I don't know how it is with other writers, but most of the time when I finish [reading] a story or novel, I may…

— F. Paul Wilson

My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.

— Mark Leyner

[On reading:] It is almost the only inexhaustible pleasure.

— Annie French Hector

The sensuality, delicacy of literature does not exist for me; only the passion, energy and struggle… Most of my friends deplore this: they are…

— Christina Stead

I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?

— John Belushi

It's the writing, not the being read, that excites me. Joy is in the doing.

— Virginia Woolf

I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.

— Tom Stoppard