Quotes about reading
reading writing democracy
Writing is tyranny ... but reading is democracy. Philip Pullman
reading joy greater
It is a greater joy to see the author's author, than himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
reading recovery kissing
I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy... Laurie Halse Anderson
reading writing trying
Writing is a way of life. I do it because it's a way of experiencing the world, and trying to come to terms with it and understand it and express it and engage with it. And to me it's a natural extension of reading. Emily Perkins
reading pennsylvania lawyer
A Pennsylvania woman convicted for shoplifting was sentenced to wear a badge that reads "Convicted Shoplifter." However, her lawyers hope to plea bargain down to a bumper sticker reading "I'd Rather Be Stealing!. Jimmy Fallon
reading tunnels years
I'm not going to tell you the movies, but I remember getting halfway through the thing and everything sort of tunnel-visioned on me and I couldn't read the script anymore. I looked at the people and I just turned and ran out in a cold sweat. It took me about a year to study it and feel comfortable going in and reading for people. John Corbett
reading memorable character
Anyone who loved Tuesdays with Morrie should delight in reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Mitch Albom has populated his larger-than-life tale with memorable characters and filled it with the abundant warmth and wisdom that we've come to expect from this gifted storyteller. John Burnham Schwartz
reading people noir
I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about those and the way that they can surprise you. And obviously to surprise people and to have twists in the tale, you have to plan quite carefully. Joe Abercrombie
reading moon artist
It's a very obsessive profession that you need to stay obsessed to get anywhere, and it's very easy for us to get obsessed and then nothing else matters. I was reading Somerset Maugham's novella, Moon and Sixpense, about this artist based on Gauguin's life. It was so beautifully written. You must be first rate because second rate you might not survive. If you're an accountant, you'll survive second rate. If you chance it big, you may not get anywhere. Joan Chen
reading school thinking
I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old. Joan Collins
reading important way
Reading is the most important way to prepare for life. Lois Lowry
reading adventure marvelous
Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have. Lloyd Alexander
reading literature different
One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently. Manuel Puig
reading shoes wish
I wish I was making shoes instead of reading or watching movies, which is what I do in my free time. Manolo Blahnik
reading book evil
To read too many books is harmful. Mao Zedong
reading character voice
Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like. Madeleine L'Engle
reading creator
In reading we must become creators.
reading phones intimate-conversation
The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people's intimate conversations. Increasingly, we are all in our virtual bubbles when we are out in public, whether we are texting, listening to iPods, reading or just staring dangerously at other people. Lynne Truss
reading writing stories
Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse. Lucy Maud Montgomery
reading no-point
I see no point in reading. Louis XIV
reading book home
Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again. Louisa May Alcott
reading eye flirting
If he is anything other than a total gentleman, I’m going to gouge his eyes out.” “So you’re into it.” “Withholding judgment! When can I see you?” “Certainly not until you finish An Imperial Affliction.” I enjoyed being coy. “Then I’d better hang up and start reading.” “You’d better,” I said, and the line clicked dead without another word. Flirting was new to me, but I liked it. John Green
reading book helping
Reading a good book helps us to feel un-alone.
reading writing ideas
Writing, or at least good writing, is an outgrowth of that urge to use language to communicate complex ideas and experiences between people. And that's true whether you're reading Shakespeare or bad vampire fiction-reading is always an act of empathy. It's always an imagining of what it's like to be someone else.
reading writing talking
[This] is very important to remember when reading or writing or talking or whatever: You are never, ever choosing whether to use symbols. You are choosing which symbols to use.
reading writing where-you-are
This is what I love about novels - both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss to be with you where you are.
reading important
Reading is important. John Garfield
reading writing printed-word
We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see images. John Gardner
reading intelligent experience
No amount of reading and intelligent deduction could supplant the direct experience. John Fowles
reading way horizon
One of the best ways to expand his horizon is through a regular reading program. John F. Kennedy
reading may matter
No matter how enormous a novel may become, the physical act of reading determines that there's no way it can become a communal experience. To read is intimate. It's almost masturbatory. Jonathan Lethem
reading writing flow
Reading and writing are the same thing; it's just one's the more active and the other's the more passive. They flow into each other.
reading people musical
Poetry is supposed to be musical. But people don't understand prose. They're so used to reading journalism - clunky, functional sentences that convey factual information - facts, more than just the surfaces of things.