Books Quote by Irvine Welsh

Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading.

— Donalyn Miller

I read a lot; I tried to understand the mechanisms that made the books I liked successful, and I went that route. So, as…

— Kevin Keck

There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer - reading is so much a part of it.

— Dermot Healy

I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were pretty literate.

— John Malkovich

I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books. They long for the…

— Robert Hass

There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or even necessarily…

— Lynn Coady

The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going…

— Irvine Welsh

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

My readers are as diverse as any group you will ever see. Something that booksellers always tell me. That they are always surprised at…

— Sandra Cisneros

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to…

— Susie Bright

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

— Tom Sizemore