Book Quote by William Hazlitt

Reading was such an enrichment of my life. And it was that pleasure that I had as a very young reader probably that is…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I was a kid who lived to read. It was the primary pleasure of my existence. It's still one of the primary pleasures of…

— Kate DiCamillo

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.

— Margaret Atwood

All reading for pleasure is entertainment.

— Raymond Chandler

I suppose if I had to give a one-word answer to the question of why I read, that word would be pleasure. The kind…

— Wendy Lesser

At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little boys.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.

— Ian Mcewan

I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.

— Francis Quarles

I haven't read for pleasure in 35 years. I mean, I get a lot of pleasure from what I read... For me, it's gotten…

— Michael Dirda

Our pleasures in literature do not, I think, decline with age; last 1st of January was my eighty-second birthday, and I think that I…

— Maria Edgeworth

One of my passions is that children enjoy their time at school - and reading for pleasure can be an important part of that.

— Charles Clarke