Characters Quote by Thomas C. Foster

Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -

— Stephen King

“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

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting…

— Rose Vane

“Reading is a privileged pleasure because each of us enjoys it, quite complexly, in ways not replicable by anyone else. But there is enough…

— Robert Alter

“Reading is the noblest of all the hobbies, that is why people mention it so frequently in their resume even if they don't read…

— Amit Kalantri

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

— Irving Stone

“A novel worth reading is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility, of what human nature is, of what…

— Susan Sontag

“The bond between book reader and book writer has always been a tightly symbiotic one, a means of intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization. The words…

— Nicholas Carr

“Reading is an activity that not only expands the mind but also enhances the soul and cultivates ones character.”

— Anonymous

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness count…

— Bennett Cerf

Reading is the most rewarding form of exile and the most necessary discipline for novelists who burn with the ambition to get better.

— Pat Conroy

“On my website there's a quote from the writer Anthony Burgess: "The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles,…

— Simon Cheshire