Quotes About Curiosity

I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.

I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my readers as well.

I write in expectation that readers want to participate in a kind of two-sided game: They are trying to guess what I am up to - what the story's up to - and I'm giving them clues and matter to keep them interested without giving everything away at the start. Even the rules, if any, of the game are for the reader to discover.

My parents are both intellectuals and readers; my mother would take me to the library every few days from before I was one year old.

With the advancement in e-reading technology, I was curious if it were possible for readers to be able to hear the actual songs while reading the book. I contacted Amazon and discussed the idea with their Kindle team, and they were very enthusiastic about it.

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

Like many readers, I am continually in search of books that allow me to lose myself in an entirely unique universe.

I am as interested in seeing what happens to my characters as any reader; that is why I tell kids that writers write for the same reason readers read - to find out the end of the story.

Readers, like writers, are essentially amoral. Arm's length will never do. We want to get closer.

I think that young readers have very strong stomachs.

I find it heartening that readers are still excited about diving into a world.

I read a lot. I enjoy reading a lot.

As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could find.

I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library.

If you enjoy reading something, read it.

I grew up reading science fiction.

Today I continue with my science-fiction reading habit and find it very mind-expanding. Always makes me think.

I don't like to read fiction. I like to learn something when I'm reading.

I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don't sit there reading 'New Scientist,' putting post-it notes next to ideas.

I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.

I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library. I was around nine years old when I began choosing my own books in earnest.

My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something I didn't want to know.

I always found when I was reading an interview with an actor that I wasn't interested in their political opinions - I just wanted to know what they'd had for breakfast.

When you're a kid, you see your parents reading the newspaper and you're like, 'God, why are they reading the newspaper?' When you're young, you're not reading the newspaper. But there comes a time in your life when the newspaper's cool.