Absent Quote by Julian Barnes

“I am more optimistic, both about reading and about books. There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers – there always were. Reading…

— Julian Barnes

Reading is a majority skill but a minority art.

— Julian Barnes

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their…

— Ben Okri

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

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

— Dermot Healy

The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do…

— Nathalie Sarraute

If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.

— Julian Barnes

Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him

— Johann Georg Hamann

“Reading thus introduces an "art" which is anything but passive.”

— Michel de Certeau

Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out of it whole worlds,…

— Ben Okri

Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a pen is…

— Terry Eagleton

Curiously enough, one cannot read a book; one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative reader is…

— Vladimir Nabokov