Reading Quotes

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.

I read poetry to save time.

We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.

If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

There are essentially two things that will make you wise — the books you read and the people you meet.

I am not just sitting and reading everything because honestly sometimes the scripts that appeal to me are projects that are not good projects, but I just really like the script or the characters.

In fact, I don’t read newspapers any longer.

I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever.