Books Quote by Stephen King

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the…

— James Madison

We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop…

— C. S. Lewis

A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust.

— Po Bronson

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

— Joyce Carol Oates

The experience of reading is very interesting because you put yourself in the character's shoes and everything they're discovering, you marry the experience.

— Ashley Zukerman

Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

As a grad student and later as a writer, I have found it hard to sustain the pure, almost erotic love of reading I…

— Elif Batuman

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

I think that people who don't mind reading find the immersion and their ability to get into a deeper place with the story to…

— Rick Remender

Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated,…

— Thomas S. Monson

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers. How delightful if that were true.

— Mary Ann Shaffer