Digital media Quote by Michael Dirda

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

— Bill Gates

Poetry of all the forms of literature I think is the most suited for the digital age and for the shorter attention spans and…

— Rita Dove

People are more likely to search for specific books in which they are actively interested and that justify all of that effort of reading…

— Joshua Meyrowitz

I occasionally read digital books when I'm traveling, but I do so begrudgingly.

— John Romaniello

My first advice would be to read, read, read, which sounds interesting coming in a digital age, but it's so much easier to listen…

— Rita Dove

“Reading a book, and taking the time to ruminate and make inferences and engage the imaginational processing, is more cognitively enriching, without a doubt,…

— Ken Pugh

I hate reading digital books. I don't enjoy the experience. I like smelling the paper, turning the pages. I think the book as we've…

— Paul Auster

I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing.

— Julia Glass

“Apollinaire said a poet should be 'of his time.' I say objects of the Digital Age belong in newspapers, not literature. When I read…

— Roman Payne

I spend most of my time reading non-fiction of all sorts. Then poetry. Then fiction to blurb. Then fiction I want to read.

— Jim Shepard

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a…

— Viggo Mortensen

I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.

— Garth Stein