Read Quotes
The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope The comic-book industry today is not what it was back then, unfortunately. Kids are no longer interested in reading comic books.
Al FeldsteinAl Feldstein To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less…selfish.
Alan BennettAlan Bennett Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
Rollo MayRollo May I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books.
Alan BradleyAlan Bradley Does patch have a restraining order against him?’ he read. ‘is patch a felon?’ ‘give-me-that!’ i hissed furiously. Patch gave a soft laugh, and i knew he’d seen the next question. ‘does patch have a girlfriend?
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
Alan Dean FosterAlan Dean Foster Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Not the poem which we have read , but that to which we return , with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power, and claims the name of essential poetry .
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner Understood what the struggle was about. My mother. Couldn’t read or write, but she had more sense than many a graduate from Harvard.
Al LewisAl Lewis The very funny thing about “Like A Rolling Stone” is it was a six minute song, there was no music to read from. And there I was playing this unfamiliar instrument.
Al KooperAl Kooper I don’t think that there is any such thing as an old film; you don’t say, ‘I read an old book by Flaubert,’ or ‘I saw an old play by Moliere.’
Alain ResnaisAlain Resnais I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it’s horrifying. But that’s just human nature.
Alan BallAlan Ball Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
Erica JongErica Jong