Quotes About Reading

I have spent more time with other people's books than with my own. I do not regret it.

Since I'm a fan of collections and anthologies, believe that the best writing often shines in shards and galloping stretches, I never find myself lobbying for a writer I enjoy reading regularly to hole up in Heidegger's hut for four or five years to bring forth a mountain.

Definitely read a quality daily paper regularly, and use the Internet to check out the press around the world as often as you can.

I don't know why people do not read 'Mein Kampf' more regularly. It tells you first-hand about all the narcissism; you see that collapse in German culture. There is no chance that anyone could become a Nazi by reading that book.

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.

I am really interested in the way we relate to time. In particular, the way readers and writers talk to each other. Casting your voice out into the future is very beautiful to me.

If I'm reading a script, and I'm not buying it, I need to be able to relate to the character on some level, and they need to have more than one dimension. I need to have an idea of what this guy's thinking about when he's taking a shower not on camera. And if I can't picture him taking a shower and getting dressed, then he's not a real person.

I realized very young that I loved reading and wanted to do something related to books/reading for a living. I didn't think of publishing, really, until I was out of college.

Well, regarding actors, my idol is Catherine Deneuve, but not in relation to my work, I'm just a fan. As far as genres, I've been reading a lot of science fiction, and I would love to make a fantastic film.

Bram Stoker's 'Dracula,' in my reading, is really obviously about disease and our relation to disease.

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

I've read plenty of J.G. Ballard, but I'm not really a Ballardian. I've met Ballardians, and I know when I can't compete. I like Ballard in his relatively unchallenging apocalyptic mode: 'Vermilion Sands,' 'The Drowned World,' 'The Burning World,' 'The Crystal World.'

In the early 1990s, my relatives in Patna, even those who had no interest in reading or writing, wanted Parker fountain pens.

Some of my friends are giving me law books. I love reading those. It's like my relaxation.

I do not have much time for relaxation, but when I can, I like to read.

I don't get to do that very often so to just have a completely free evening where your mind is relaxed enough to read a book is exquisite.

Normally, what I do for fun is just nothing. I try to just relax. Normally, it involves just relaxing and reading and maybe going out and meeting up with a friend. I live a very simple existence. I would much rather just sit around and listen to a couple of records and read the paper.

Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.

It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.

Historians are a long way from being key workers. The best place for them is at home, reading their books and keeping out of the way.

As far as reading is concerned, I like historical and political books and works of art.

I had access to books, and I could read... but that more foundational, basic historical awareness, I didn't have any of that.

I love being educated by historical novels.

I read more history books than anything else.