Books Quote by Sydney J. Harris

I had brainwashed myself into saying things like, 'If people don't like what I'm writing then they shouldn't read it.'

— Perez Hilton

“If Readers have prejudices, that's the writing world we live in. We must decide how to navigate it. We can't please all the Readers…

— June Casagrande

“reading is the equivallent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with ones own”

— Arthur Sch

“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

“People don’t read to enlighten themselves or seek to gain some valuable insight into their own psychology. People read to escape.”

— Dermot Davis

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“You learn almost as much about a thinker from what he reads—in particular, what he likes and what he disdains—as from what he writes…

— Rodney Ulyate

“Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else’s thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person’s vantage point.…

— Steven Pinker

People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.

— Doris Lessing

“Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of ones own.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”

— John P. Marquand

We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they've given themselves over completely and passionately to their obsessions…

— Chang-Rae Lee