Never lend books, for no one ever returns them.

I can't actually think of a job where I was relaxed the whole time. I don't think I would want to do that job. When I break into a cold sweat when I'….

The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts..

I started reading all these men's magazines, trying to follow all the tips: what you're supposed to wear, what you're supposed to have, things you're….

I like reading. I just hate school..

There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivatio….

But really, for me, I tried to find first-person accounts. I tried to read stories from men and women who had survived slavery because it's different….

The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend co….

There is a gentle, but perfectly irresistible coercion in a habit of reading well directed, over the whole tenor of a man's character and conduct, wh….

I do interviews and signings and readings and all of these people just hang off my every word. And then I go home and have dinner with my family and ….

We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and the reading of palms. I used to think tha….

I think it's a really good idea to be bumping into all kinds of people in all kinds of ways. So you make art with strangers. You give a reading. You ….

The thing about me and books is that whichever one I’m reading always reminds me of whatever’s happening in my life during that time..

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings..

I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a ….

The publishing industry, unsurprisingly, is full of different people who love different things and express that love in different languages. Find the….

There’s the feeling, and the right reading - that’s all you really need to know; the right light and the feeling..

I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book..

I tend not to think about audience when I'm writing. Many people who read "The Giver" now have their own kids who are reading it. Even from the begin….

Learning is acquired by reading books; much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying ….

I'm more thrilled by the short fiction than I expected to be. I've found more pleasure in reading short fiction than I used to. By seeing what kinds ….