Comfortable Quote by Jay Asher

I usually don't read things written about me and I certainly don't read things if they are inappropriate.

— Helen Hunt

Readers want what is important to be clearly laid out; they will not read what is too troublesome.

— Jan Tschichold

The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to have any…

— Nick Hornby

“Reading is too intimate,' Spofforth said. 'It will put you too close to the feelings and ideas of others. It will disturb and confuse…

— Walter Tevis

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

— Catherine the Great

What is reading but silent conversation?

— Anonymous

In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live…

— Steve Leveen

I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.

— Elbert Hubbard

Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.

— Michel Houellebecq

“It’s always encouraging to be told that it is intellectually acceptable to read the sorts of things that you like to read anyway.”

— Margaret Atwood

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

— Donalyn Miller

No other practice will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects.

— Gordon B. Hinckley