I enjoyed reading and learning at school, and at university I enjoyed extending my reading and learning. Once I left Cambridge, I went to Yale as a f….

I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books..

Was a fast easy reading, Good to take your mind off of anything serious for a while.

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel..

In reading and writing, you cannot lay down rules until you have learnt to obey them. Much more so in life..

In tactics, no information is better than too much....because at some point the players stop reading and stop thinking..

What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job..

Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learn….

I don't pull, I just receive..

A novelist has two lives-- a reading and writing life, and a lived life. he or she cannot be understood at all apart from this..

I quite like convincing the person the broom is their favourite actress. They are talking to a broom and they think it's Julia Roberts and they snog ….

There weren't too many books by women that were taught in school, so I read those on my own, and the books I read were as accessible as the ones we w….

Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something about the times in ….

I think that Oprah's on a mission to improve the lives of the average American in various ways. And one of them is to bring literature to people who ….

Men, age 25 to 55, the labor-force participation rate is down 10%. That's unbelievable. There are 35,000 dying of opioids every year. Seventy percent….

When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the ne….

Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it's hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired looking at pict….

I have an office in my house, with a comfy red print reading chair and a soft cream-colored desk. After I walk Winston the Wonder dog and have my bre….

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without t….

I love the consistency of working on television. You don't get that in working on film. But, it's all about the right projects. I'm reading different….

To me, if I'm reading a fantastic story or I go on a nice first date and I have a wonderful time, I'm not gonna complain because it didn't work out. ….