Books Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted

— Lin Yutang

If you read a novel in more than two weeks, you don't read the novel really.

— Philip Roth

Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.

— Michael Dirda

I read little, I just glance through one newspaper. Just 15 minutes.

— Pope Francis

The other book that I worry no one reads anymore is James Joyce's Ulysses. It's not easy, but every page is wonderful and repays…

— Joyce Carol Oates

It doesn't matter if I'm only to be gone four days, as in this case; I take six months' supply of reading material everywhere.…

— Robin McKinley

It takes me about a week and a half to read the typical book. I don't know how many ten-day spans I have left.…

— Ken Kalfus

There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven't read,…

— Umberto Eco

I'm a great reader that never has time to read.

— Eudora Welty

If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500 words a…

— Ian Fleming

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage…

— A. N. Wilson

To read a novel requires a certain kind of concentration, focus, devotion to the reading. If you read a novel in more than two…

— Philip Roth