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 never thought I ….

The young adult literature is relatively new - it just kind of exploded in the 2000s. When I grew up, there weren't bookstores with sections dedicate….

Gary Shteyngart has written a memoir for the ages. I spat laughter on the first page and closed the last with wet eyes. Un-put-down-able in the day a….

And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I'm reading, I….

It's very dangerous to pretend to be open-minded when you're the exact opposite. I think feminists are only making it worse by blocking out all other….

I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is….

The ultimate role of photography as a contemporary language of visual communication consists of its capacity to slow down our fast and chaotic way of….

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words..

Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work..

Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual..

Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it..

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles, lighting ….

I think Republicans need to have their staffers reading less Ayn Rand and having them read Dr. Viktor Frankl's Man's Search For Meaning more..

I grew up reading biographies on groups, and I love all that. The thing about biographies, it's the old cliché but it's true - a lot of the time thes….

The novels that get praised in the NY Review of Books aren't worth reading. Ninety-seven percent of science fiction is adolescent rubbish, but good s….

He's got his dog trained so that it only does it on newspapers. The trouble is it does it when he's reading the blasted things..

When I'm going to see a comedian, I don't want to see them hold back, and when I'm reading a book, I don't want to hear an abridged version..

I am confident that many people will find the New Testament alive in a new way after reading The Message..

I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who….

From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps from almost complete terro….

It is costly wisdom that is brought by experience..