Books Quote by Michel de Montaigne

My wife would say my worst habit is that I'm not good at dropping subjects. If something bothers me, I'll bring it up endlessly…

— Paul Reiser

It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is, and what shifts we make to escape thinking. There is no bore we dread…

— James Russell Lowell

I'm constantly having to check my conscience about what I'm writing and the responsibility of what I'm saying.

— Peter Morgan

I think there's a fine line between being so obtuse that you lose the reader completely, which is the intention for some writers, though…

— Laurie Foos

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When…

— Jane Austen

I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but…

— Cindy Sherman

I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have…

— Janis Ian

I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a…

— Mike Krzyzewski

Crassly put: When I write, I am trying not to bore myself and my readers.

— Rita Dove

A lot of the times you read something and you don't realize that you are going to have to do the things that you…

— Will Ferrell

For me, for every single job, I don't care if it is a reading, I don't care if it is a guest spot on…

— Tamlyn Tomita

The idea that the reader is important enough to me that I'd tailor my words to either please or offend them always seems amusingly…

— Jim Goad