Books Quote by Phyllis McGinley

That is why the ideal literary diet consists of trash and classics; all that has survived, and all that has no reason to survive…

— Anthony Lane

Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find…

— Jim Rohn

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

— Lin Yutang

And in down times it shakes a lot of the bad SF out, a lot the stuff that was bought for literary reasons, which…

— Jerry Pournelle

I read pretty voraciously. If it's good, I don't care what it is.

— Richard Russo

I'm not a good reader. I had to take remedial reading in school. I was a slow reader and therefore it's tough for me…

— Bruce Dern

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

All readers are good readers, when they have the right book.

— Jeanne Henry

Literary influences are harder for me to point to, because mostly it's a mulch of all of my past reading.

— Jeff VanderMeer

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

“You might have noticed that I have been sending you used books. I have done this not to save money, but to make a…

— Yann Martel

Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous…

— Alberto Manguel