Books Quote by Roderick Townley

After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the…

— Jasper Fforde

“Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's…

— Anna Quindlen

Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of the setting…

— Jasper Fforde

Your reader is at least as bright as you are

— William Maxwell

I am extremely passionate about reading and like to read about anything and everything under the sun.

— Asin

“Reading is how we learn to attach ourselves to ourselves, and to others, and to the world: reading inhabits us with the tendrils of…

— Rick Gekoski

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

Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's…

— Anna Quindlen

The book, if you would see anything in it, requires to be read in the clear, brown, twilight atmosphere in which it was written;…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“They write for people who read with the surface of their minds, people with reading habits that make the smallest demands on them, people…

— William Gaddis

“Reading is like a roaring fire, it stokes the imagination and keeps it burning bright!”

— Kelley Lovelace

Reading begets reading.

— Nick Hornby