Books Quote by Ian Mcewan

The physical effort of reading drains some of the pleasure I might take from whatever I'm reading.

— Brian Grazer

I suppose if I had to give a one-word answer to the question of why I read, that word would be pleasure. The kind…

— Wendy Lesser

I merely say that all reading for pleasure is escape, whether it be Greek, mathematics, astronomy, Benedetto Croce, or The Diary of the Forgotten…

— Raymond Chandler

At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I haven't read for pleasure in 35 years. I mean, I get a lot of pleasure from what I read... For me, it's gotten…

— Michael Dirda

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!

— Jane Austen

The greatest pleasure in life is that of reading while we are young. I have had as much of this pleasure perhaps as any…

— William Hazlitt

“Reading is a dialog with oneself; it is self-reflection, which cultivates profound humanity. Reading is therefore essential to our development. It expands and enriches…

— Daisaku Ikeda

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

— Nora Roberts

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting…

— Michel Faber

Reading is a pleasure, yes, but not without effort: choosing to read novels purely because they mirror your own experience is stultifying.

— Dawn Foster

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

— Annie French Hector