Quotes About Reading

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for pastime but not to kill time; who love books, but do not live by books

It was a book to kill time for those who liked it better dead.

I like books. I've always got a literature book going. I'd be in there reading, in my off time.

I'm jealous of everyone discovering Lovesey and Diamond for the first time-you have a wonderful backlist to catch up on. Me, all I can do is wait for the next book.

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo.

I've been a lifelong horror fan, but at the same time, I would say 90 percent of my reading is biographies and nonfiction history.

I couldn't remember the last time I had stayed up into the squeaky hours of the night because I couldn't put a book down, and that was a tragedy.

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.

When you stack up all the years we are allowed against all there is to read, time is very short indeed.

I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science.

It's a guilty secret of a lot of writers, as you get older you don't read as much fiction as you used to, mainly because it's like you are deconstructing it all the time.

Dedication: For all the girls who walk and read at the same time.

If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book.

There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven't read, that we haven't had the time to read.

I also like to do physical things. I like swimming a lot. I like traveling. Not touring traveling but just plain traveling. I also read a lot. Reading takes up most of my time.

When I'm about to start writing, I pull up some of my all-time-favorite re-reads to feel inspired and fall headfirst into the world of beautiful words.

I mainly buy books in my free time.

I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet.

Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.

You can skim those stage directions and go right to the dialogue. You can almost read the movie in the same amount of time it will take you to see the movie.

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.

I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'

I am addicted to the printed word, and my idea of a good time is a good book.