Art Quote by Raymond Chandler

Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.

— Ian Mcewan

At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I suppose if I had to give a one-word answer to the question of why I read, that word would be pleasure. The kind…

— Wendy Lesser

Reading was such an enrichment of my life. And it was that pleasure that I had as a very young reader probably that is…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I find reading to be a delight, a source of comfort, a way to explore.

— Junot Diaz

“I enjoyed reading when I was a boy, but these days, I read all the time and it has rather taken the pleasure out…

— Laura Lee Guhrke

among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of their originals…

— Thomas Jefferson

I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and…

— David Nicholls

Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions…

— Jorge Luis Borges

I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because…

— Nora Roberts

I was a kid who lived to read. It was the primary pleasure of my existence. It's still one of the primary pleasures of…

— Kate DiCamillo

In order to read one must sit down, usually indoors. I am restless and would rather sail a boat than crack a book. I've…

— E. B. White