Books Quote by Peter C. Brown

“read faster and better is the understanding of a text, because the brain has less time for distractions.”

— Robert James

The more uninteresting the letter, the more useful it is to the typographer.

— Piet Zwart

The letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward growth and…

— George Steiner

One can only continue to expect to be read if one omits everything that is unimportant.

— Albert Einstein

Emphasizing and rewarding length over quality results in worse writing and more reader abandonment.

— Marco Arment

Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“The disadvantage of reading aloud remained the fact that it took longer. But books read aloud also stayed long in my memory. عيب القراءة بصوتٍ عالٍ أنها تستغرق وقتاً أطول، لكن الكتب المقرؤة بصوتٍ عالٍ أيضًا تظلَّ فترة في ذاكراتي .”

— Bernhard Schlink

“Reading is a distraction from comprehension.”

— Eric Bentsen

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.

— Dr. Seuss

Spelling is improved when reading is done.

— Stephen D. Krashen

“Good typography can help your reader devote less attention to the mechanics of reading and more attention to your message. Conversely, bad typography can…

— Matthew Butterick

Every text assumes a reader.

— Alberto Manguel