Books Quote by Piers Anthony Download Open image “But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do.” — Piers Anthony ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Communication Pleasure Too much
I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The physical effort of reading drains some of the pleasure I might take from whatever I'm reading. — Brian Grazer Copy Share Image
I haven't read for pleasure in 35 years. I mean, I get a lot of pleasure from what I read... For me, it's gotten… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I read a lot, all the time, but often I read books for research, or because they're interesting to me in some way, even… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure. — Stephen J. Dubner Copy Share Image
You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you, it's not going to entertain anyone else. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“At first I was exhilarated by my freedom from the responsibility of the kingship. This lasted about seven minutes. I was also depressed by… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
“I have, as may be apparent, not much respect for editors as a class.” — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Princess Rose should indeed be a TV movie, assuming something doesn't go wrong. I don't know how good a movie it will be, because… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
