reading

Contemporary writers annoyed him, he found their worlds insular, their style too self-conscious and ironic. Theirs was not a literature that belonged to him.

I believe books should be like a prime rib steak ~ good and thick.

Here was the South Side--a million in captivity--stretching from this doorstep as far as the eye could see. And they didn't even read; depressed populations don't have the time or energy to spare. The affluent populations, which should have their help, didn't as far as could be discovered, read, either--they merely bought books and devoured them, but not in order to learn: in order to learn new attitudes.

Books; I repeat, for they've not only been a solace during the long years but also provided the keys to understanding other people's ideas and achievements, their hopes and fears, quirks and foibles, their dreams.....their demons

I love fortune readings! because when I get in troubles, if the reading says that I am in a lucky day, I can think my troubles are just some kind of mistakes, and if the reading says that I am in the unlucky day, I can think that my troubles are just because of my bad luck. Either ways, I can know the reason of my troubles.

Imogen was a bright girl naturally, but she had read so many novels that her brain was completely turned.

I am no indiscriminate novel reader. The mere trash of the common circulating library I hold in the highest contempt.

He was thirty-six years old, and six foot three. He spoke English to people and French to cats, and Latin to the birds. He had once nearly killed himself trying to read and ride a horse at the same time.

They'll get my Kindle when they pry it from my cold dead hands, if my corpse will release it.

At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel.

With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (_)A good novel editor is invisible.

Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life._ (Wellesly High School commencement speech, __ou Are Not Special_, 6-12)

To be a better cook, cook more. To be a better writer, read more.

Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.

I don't think anybody should read anything except for fun because you won't learn anything unless you enjoy it.

Wasting time on timing stuff is a good way to save time from being wasted on other pointless activities like writing, reading, and sleeping.

Poetry is a connection to a change within you.