Attention Quote by Thomas Newkirk

“The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“Devote yourself to reading, learning and writing.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“As a writer, one spends a lifetime journeying into the heart of language, trying to minimize, if not eliminate, the distance between language and…

— Arundhati Roy

We possess books we read, animating the waiting stillness of their language, but they possess us also, filling us with thoughts and observations, asking…

— David L. Ulin

“An essential element of being a writer is learning whom to listen to and whom to ignore where your work is concerned. Every”

— Ann Patchett

“read faster and better is the understanding of a text, because the brain has less time for distractions.”

— Robert James

“The attraction of reading is that it allows you to live, for a few hours, as someone else—grants you access to their head, their…

— Alessandra Torre

“An attentive reader will always learn more, and more quickly, from good authors than from life.”

— Hervé Le Tellier

"For even the most childish intoxication with progress will soon be forced to recognize that writing and books have a function that is eternal.…

— Hermann Hesse

“Every time a written word is put to page it is the opportunity to expand our minds, whether we are the writer or the…

— K. Lamb

“Literature enables us to see our world and ourselves more clearly, to understand our lives more fully.”

— Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst

“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write.”

— Samuel Johnson