Quotes about Read Books

I don't read books. Votes: 3

I don't read books much. Votes: 3

I read books to read myself. Votes: 3

Some people read books for fun. Votes: 3

I sometimes read books on my iPad. Votes: 3

Yes, I don't read books for entertainment. Votes: 3

I don't read books, I write them. Votes: 3

I don't really read books. Wish I did. Votes: 3

We don't simply read books. We become them. Votes: 3

I read books more than I go out. Votes: 3

People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations. Votes: 3

I only read books I know I will like Votes: 3

We read books to find out who we are. Votes: 3

I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation. Votes: 3

People read books to escape the uncertainties of life. Votes: 3

I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old. Votes: 3

I don't read books, but I have friends who do. Votes: 3

When she wanted to escape her life, she read books Votes: 3

I don't read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland. Votes: 3

Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood, Votes: 3

People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books. Votes: 3

I am a book lover. I buy, collect and read books. Votes: 3

Life is too short to read books that I'm not enjoying. Votes: 3

I don't like to read books. They muss up my mind. Votes: 3

Before this generation lose the wisdom, one advice - read books. Votes: 3

I like to read books. I like to listen to music. Votes: 3

Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics. Votes: 3

This is the big reason most humorists fail. Drunks don't read books. Votes: 3

Better not read books in which you make acquaintance of the devil. Votes: 3

I don't read books. I read the Daily Express and The Star. Votes: 3

Like people would ever want to read books on an electronic screen. Votes: 3

I read books. Avidly, ardently! As if my life depended upon it. Votes: 3

A lot of people in government don't really read books at all. Votes: 3

She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. Votes: 3

More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have. Votes: 3

Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness. Votes: 3

If people didn't read books on the subway, underground journeys would be dreary. Votes: 3

I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person. Votes: 3

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Votes: 3

Life is like a box of chocolates, I'm a nerd and I read books Votes: 3

Ballycumber (ba-li-KUM-ber) n. One of the six half-read books lying somewhere in your bed. Votes: 3

Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other? Votes: 3

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement. Votes: 3

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them. Votes: 3

I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person. I'm sorry. Votes: 3

We read books, talked books, argued over books and became dearer and dearer to one another. Votes: 3

There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books. Votes: 3

I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages. Votes: 3

I'm a grenade, I just want to stay away from people and read books, and think... Votes: 3

But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons. Votes: 3

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12. Votes: 3

When I read books it's to escape. It's so I don't have to talk to people. Votes: 3

Travel the world, learn other languages, demand liberty, despise violence, read books, and keep a dictionary nearby. Votes: 3

I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me. Votes: 3

I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV anymore. Votes: 3

I read books I hate all the time, and I don't mention them or talk about them. Votes: 3

As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children, or you read books for adults. Votes: 3

In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself. Votes: 3

The ability to write and read books is one of the things that transformed us as a species. Votes: 3

There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books. Votes: 3

The books that matter to me...are those that galvanize something inside me. I read books to read myself. Votes: 3

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult. Votes: 3

You can read books without ever stepping into a library; and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple. Votes: 3

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books. Votes: 3

I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels. Votes: 3

I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books. Votes: 3

The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more. Votes: 3

In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall. Votes: 3

I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up. Votes: 3

She didn't read books so she didn't know that she was the world and the heavens boiled down to a drop. Votes: 3

I would not wear any clothes that had a brand name on them, and I only read books that were canonical. Votes: 3

When you find yourself alone, or in a transition, you dream more. These are also the times when you read books. Votes: 3

I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not. Votes: 3

What terrifies me is that I might somehow endorse that view so people think they don't have to read books anymore. Votes: 3

I like to be with my friends and my family, listen to music and read books. Things like that relax me. Votes: 3

All I do is read books, really. I worry about that sometimes. I don't seem to have a hobby or anything. Votes: 3

I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind. Votes: 3

I think boys don't always like to read books with female protagonist - I don't even know what to say about this. Votes: 3

I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books. Votes: 3

One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books. Votes: 3

People tend to read books about a guy who goes back in time or a guy who is living under a pier. Votes: 3

Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else. Votes: 3

During long car rides to the set, after I study my script, I go onto my iPad to read books and play games. Votes: 3

Some people read books on musicians, while I read music books. Not books on music, but literally books full of sheet music. Fascinating reading. Votes: 3

My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts. Votes: 3

I prey on innocent villagers and terrify their children," he said with a nasty smile. "And sometimes when I'm feeling really evil, I read books or paint. Votes: 3

I do the same things I did when I was 12 years old: I ride bikes, I read books, I walk in the woods. And I listen to music. Votes: 3

As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from my neighborhood in Philadelphia. Votes: 3

I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults. Votes: 3

I read a lot, all the time, but often I read books for research, or because they're interesting to me in some way, even if they aren't exactly 'pleasurable.' Votes: 3

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. Votes: 3

I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre. Votes: 3

I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut. Votes: 3

Canada was for me very much Sweden, you know? Very much open people, that they read books, they go see films. I felt at home in Canada. And also, you speak French. Votes: 3

Not everybody has time to pay attention fully, or not everybody has the time to read a book. Some people refuse to read books, and I'm just an unread book. Open me! Votes: 3

Unintended Consequences is full of substance, it is one of the must-read books of the year, and once I finish it I will be giving it a second read through right away. Votes: 3

I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today. Votes: 3

Readers in general are not fond of dialect, and I don't blame them. I've read books myself that I've had to put down because sounding out every speech gave me a headache. Votes: 3

My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what's the purpose of reading, and maybe that it's not that cool to hate something just because it's popular. Votes: 3

I used to practice cello while watching TV and films. I watched several complete TV series this way, including 'Lost' and 'The Wire.' As a kid, I'd read books while playing. Votes: 3

libraries are fascinating places: sometimes you feel you are under the canopy of a railway station, and when you read books about exotic places there's a feeling of travelling to distant lands Votes: 3

At first I was glad for the help. My freshmen English class, "Mythology and Archetypal Experience," confounded me. I didn't understand why we couldn't just read books without forcing contorted interpretations on then Votes: 3

She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of going out to a restaurant, alone, to eat. Votes: 3

I usually claim that pregnant women should not read books about pregnancy and birth. Their time is too precious. They should, rather, watch the moon and sing to their baby in the womb. Votes: 3

I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it. Votes: 3

Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism. Votes: 3

I love to read books that focus on parenting topics because there are so many different ways to do things. I find these books offer a lot of great opinions on many different subjects. Votes: 3

There are two answers to the things they will teach you about our land: the real answer and the answer you give in school to pass. You must read books and learn both answers. Votes: 3

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 comes and visits me on the road. Votes: 3

Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures. Votes: 3

We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become. Votes: 3

One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing this reality, future generations are in danger of losing their history. Votes: 3

Make sure you meet the right people, people who know that industry and are willing to help you. Do your homework - read books about the industry, talk to people. If you don't know something, ask. Votes: 3

How come regional pandering only works in one direction, right? You never see a Southern politician trying to win votes in New York State by saying, 'I read books and make a mean vegan meatloaf.' Votes: 3

When I read books, I actually really love imagining whomever I want to in the character's role. I get such vivid pictures on my own that that is a big part of the experience for me. Votes: 3

And that is the problem with a society that doesn't read books. The most painful form of censorship does not come from a centralized, repressive government. It is a cast, black cloak of a nation's indifference. Votes: 3

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field. Votes: 3

I personally, as a teenager, didn't like books I felt were trying to preach to me... I did not believe in happy endings. I wanted to read books which reflected life as I thought I knew it. Votes: 3

I sit at home and read books. I watch movies. I watch television. I go and play golf. I don't go to nightclubs. I don't go out to dinner that often. I'm not a big party guy. Votes: 3

I am not by any stretch of the imagination a tidy person, and the piles of unread books on the coffee table and by my bed have a plaintive, pleading quality to me - 'Read me, please!' Votes: 3

Finding oil is a multidisciplinary science. You need a lot of people - statisticians, engineers, and geologists, of course. And what I have learned in the past 30 years is that I read people better than I read books. Votes: 3

We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are encouraged to read books the better our society will be and the wiser our society will be. Votes: 3

I watched plays with the kind of voracity with which small children read books; with the same visceral passion, the same complete trust in the imagination which is so difficult to sustain through the course of one's whole life. Votes: 3

I expect that my readers have been to Europe, I expect them to have some feeling for a foreign language, I expect them to have read books - there are a lot of people like that! That's my audience. Votes: 3

It was an hour and a half plane ride, so I slept. I try to sleep because that's probably the only time I get to get my real sleep. When I can't sleep I read books or watch movies. Votes: 3

Just as movies, radio, and television evolved into new forms over time, the ebook will also become something more than just a way to read books. It will become its own specific and unique way of creating and sharing experience. Votes: 3

Zaid's finest moment, however, comes in his second paragraph, when he says that "the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more."That's me! And you, probably! That's us! Votes: 3

I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and that's why I always read books, and I could go to Mars or Middle Earth or the Hyborian age. Votes: 3

When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life. Votes: 3

That difficult start drove me on to inspire children and let them know that it is never to late to repair a bad experience at school, and once you get your head down and start to read books, you can really achieve. Votes: 3

Today we read books 'extensively,' often without sustained focus, and with rare exceptions we read each book only once. We value quantity of reading over quality of reading. We have no choice, if we want to keep up with the broader culture. Votes: 3

I have read books that are so cliched and lazy, my eyes have bled. But I also have read books marketed under the chick-lit umbrella that are so honest, clever and gritty that I've wanted to give up writing and paint walls instead. Votes: 3

Amazon Pages and Amazon Upgrade leverage Amazon's existing 'Search Inside the Book' technology to give customers unusual flexibility in how they buy and read books, .. In collaboration with our publishing partners, we're working hard to make the world's books instantly accessible anytime and anywhere. Votes: 3

It may be whispered to those uninitiated people who are anxious to know the habits and make the acquaintance of men of letters, that there are no race of people who talk about books, or, perhaps, who read books, so little as literary men. Votes: 3

It's so important as a creative person to go out and look for things. Go to galleries, talk to people, read books. Yes, you can just type something into Google, but if you read and interact, you'll have a deeper understanding of the world. Votes: 3

It may come as a surprise to people, but I'm actually quite boring and normal. What do I do? I read books. I drive my kid to school. I have lunch with my wife. I pick my kid up from school. I go home. Votes: 3

There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread books. Best of all was the eager itch of anticipation as you went out the door with your arms loaded down with books. Votes: 3

If you grow up in Ireland and read books then you really are obliged to attempt your own some time. It is not exactly a choice. I still don't know if I am a writer. Believe me, there are days when I have my doubts. Votes: 3

I definitely subscribe to the idea that 9/11, to use an overused phrase, was a wake-up call. There was a year-long national teach-in on Islam - everyone read books and suddenly talked about Islam, and that was very productive. But there's no doubt that moment has passed. Votes: 3

I want to read books and go for walks and make dinner. I guess there are people who love working and that's great. I'm not one of them. I love tackling roles and I love theater, but filming, I don't get it. It seems mind-numbing to me. Votes: 3

I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime. Votes: 3

He had read books, newspapers and magazines. He knew that if you ran away you sometimes met bad people who did bad things to you; but he had also read fairy tales, so he knew that there were kind people out there, side by side with the monsters. Votes: 3

When I was a kid, I was a bit of a space geek. I loved the space program and all things NASA. I would read books about our solar system; I had pictures of the Space Shuttle on my bedroom wall. And yes, I even went to Space Camp. Votes: 3

I write about the period 1933-42, and I read books written during those years: books by foreign correspondents of the time, histories of the time written contemporaneously or just afterwards, autobiographies and biographies of people who were there, present-day histories of the period, and novels written during those times. Votes: 3

I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you don't have to hire a lot of people to sit down and write a book, so that was the story-telling medium that was available to me. Votes: 3

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more. Votes: 3

I invite you, wholeheartedly, to read books that remind you of your highest self and emancipate you from mental slavery or false beliefs and illusions. The more you invest in attracting books that resonate with the frequency of your true self, the more light you will bring to the world. Votes: 3

What's funny about that is when I was writing Twilight just for myself and not thinking of it as a book, I was not thinking about publishing, and yet at the same time I was casting it in my head. Because when I read books, I see them very visually. Votes: 3

I rarely read children's books. Votes: 1

Real men read my books. Votes: 1

Read much, but not many books. Votes: 1

I read three books a week. Votes: 1

I don't read a lot of books. Votes: 1

Read books. They are good for us. Votes: 1

To read too many books is harmful. Votes: 1

Does one ever read a politician's books? Votes: 1

I never read articles about my books. Votes: 1

I read all the books for 'Twilight.' Votes: 1

I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange. Votes: 1

I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books. Votes: 1

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads. Votes: 1

Read books Votes: 0

We become the books we read. Votes: 0

Desire for books, desire to read. Votes: 0

Do I read her books? Of course. Votes: 0

People read every thing nowadays, except books. Votes: 0

Read much, but not too many books. Votes: 0

Read good books to improve your life. Votes: 0

Read books, discover the blues and don't Tweet. Votes: 0

I read everything and anything. I love books. Votes: 0

Life is too short to read inferior books. Votes: 0

Why sleep when there are books to read. Votes: 0

Passion for books is the desire to read. Votes: 0

Read two old books for every new one. Votes: 0

What we need is more books to read. Votes: 0

I never read comic books as a kid. Votes: 0

Life is short, so live extra lives. Read books. Votes: 0

I've actually not read any books on time management. Votes: 0

Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. Votes: 0

I read my books aloud before they were published. Votes: 0

I like to play football, read some books, study. Votes: 0

What a glut of books! Who can read them? Votes: 0

Books are more real when you read them outside. Votes: 0

Can you imagine a world without books to read? Votes: 0

I have friends who read my books in Greek. Votes: 0

I have read many books, but the Bible reads me. Votes: 0

We read many books, because we cannot know enough people. Votes: 0

Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read. Votes: 0

Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained. Votes: 0

It's not an accident that successful people read more books. Votes: 0

If you think you have it tough, read history books. Votes: 0

You're a big help, Mr. I Read So Many Books. Votes: 0

I think really good books can be read by anybody. Votes: 0

I'm not a guy who needs to read motivation books. Votes: 0

I love to get books, because I love to read. Votes: 0

There are so many books to read. What a paradise! Votes: 0

If you read 50 books, I'll get you a motor bike. Votes: 0

Read. Forget everything you've been told about books and read. Votes: 0

Read the most useful books, and that regularly and constantly. Votes: 0

Be a life long student, read as many books as possible. Votes: 0

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. Votes: 0

You live a thousand lives when you read a thousand books. Votes: 0

All books are judged by their covers until they are read. Votes: 0

They read all the books, but they can't find the answers. Votes: 0

Regret piles up around us like books we have never read. Votes: 0

There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them. Votes: 0

All the books I've read, I've read at the right moment. Votes: 0

Jon Ronson makes me laugh. I've read all of his books. Votes: 0

I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger. Votes: 0

I've read too many books to believe what I am told. Votes: 0

I will read four or five books at the same time. Votes: 0

I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background. Votes: 0

This is unbearable ... God. These books she'll never read. Her Life's Library. Votes: 0

The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books. Votes: 0

Why don't you write books people can read?(to her husband James) Votes: 0

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. Votes: 0

[I like to read] spiritual books, non-fiction, fiction, I have my moods. Votes: 0

I am happy to have all the books I need to read. Votes: 0

I wish I had more time to read. I do love books. Votes: 0

I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain. Votes: 0

My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books. Votes: 0

There are many more books to read, when will I finish reading? Votes: 0

I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. Votes: 0

Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river. Votes: 0

The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily. Votes: 0

I am rather more apt to read old books than new ones. Votes: 0

There is no bond like having read and liked the same books. Votes: 0

The flesh is sad, alas, and I have read all the books. Votes: 0

I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool. Votes: 0

Well that's what I generally do with books - I read them. Votes: 0

Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books. Votes: 0

I like writing books. I really love words. I love to read. Votes: 0

I read all the time... I read a lot of history books. Votes: 0

Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books Votes: 0

We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them. Votes: 0

I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce. Votes: 0

Most of the books I read these days are children's books at bedtime. Votes: 0

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read. Votes: 0

I've always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies. Votes: 0

History has shown that the less people read, the more books they buy. Votes: 0

Do not read good books-life is too short for that-read only the best. Votes: 0

A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books. Votes: 0

I've only read two books in my life: Baseball Sparkplug and Love Story. Votes: 0

I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure. Votes: 0

I read a lot of books for information, like doctor books, spy books. . . . Votes: 0

What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read? Votes: 0

All really good picture books are written to be read five hundred times Votes: 0

I just write the books that I think I would want to read. Votes: 0

I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books. Votes: 0

The biggest critics of my books are the people who never read them. Votes: 0

Be as careful of the books you read as the company you keep. Votes: 0

If you read all your history books, there are no women in them. Votes: 0

Read these 3 books - Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud. Votes: 0

Your job is to meet the right people and read the right books. Votes: 0

Books think for me. I can read anything which I call a book. Votes: 0

It was the kind of library he had only read about in books. Votes: 0

Here's to the good Nuns for telling me what books NOT to read! Votes: 0

I don't read magazines much, and I have an awful time with books. Votes: 0

The books that influence the world are those that it has not read. Votes: 0

Johnston's books are beautifully written and among the funniest I have ever read. Votes: 0

The books that influence the world are those that it has not read. Votes: 0

I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me. Votes: 0

For books, I don't read much fiction, but like travel essays and good pop-science. Votes: 0

Exorcism is a subject that interests me, and books on shamanism, I've read through. Votes: 0

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books. Votes: 0

I don't want everyone to read anything; I like us all reading different books. Votes: 0

I read here and there in books, enjoying the examples and ignoring the argument. Votes: 0

I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books. Votes: 0

I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books. Votes: 0

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed. Votes: 0

I have personally seen statements that were longer than some books I have read. Votes: 0

I read stuff. Books are not my only friends, but we're friendly. So there. Votes: 0

My life has been greatly influenced by many books which I have never read. Votes: 0

I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful. Votes: 0

Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world. Votes: 0

I played Dungeons & Dragons and have read comic books since I was a kid. Votes: 0

He is the best, in my whole life i have only read his books!!!!!! Votes: 0

I read comic books and stuff but I didn't know a lot about it. Votes: 0

I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end. Votes: 0

I write in a noisy, distracting world so the books can be read there. Votes: 0

What a writer's obituary should read - he wrote the books, then he died. Votes: 0

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them. Votes: 0

But you have read Madame Bovary?' (I'd never heard of her books.) 'No. Votes: 0

I'm not a natural reader but there are books I'll read and read again. Votes: 0

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know. Votes: 0

I'm going to be dead before I read the books I'm going to read. Votes: 0

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu. Votes: 0

I've read some scripts, but I don't read as many books as I should. Votes: 0

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. Votes: 0

I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure. Votes: 0

I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could. Votes: 0

More books have resulted from somebody's need to write than from anybody's need to read. Votes: 0

All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide. Votes: 0

In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books. Votes: 0

When I was in kindergarten, I entered a competition and read 52 books in a week. Votes: 0

Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real. Votes: 0

Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. Votes: 0

People who don't normally read make an exception for my books, possibly because they're short. Votes: 0

I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. Votes: 0

There are so many books I mean to read, and things I mean to see. Votes: 0

The books all say that barracuda rarely eat people, but very few barracuda can read. Votes: 0

I've read a number of relationship books out there. A lot are written towards women. Votes: 0

There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve. Votes: 0

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. Votes: 0

I'm probably the only bestselling author you know who's written more books than she's read. Votes: 0

I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book. Votes: 0

If you read any of my books, they tend to have a strong historical perspective. Votes: 0

Books are slow. They require time; they are written slowly, published slowly, and read slowly. Votes: 0

The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything. Votes: 0

I read so many scripts, that I don't do that much leisurely reading of books. Votes: 0

If you're going to read five books, three should be issues and two for fun. Votes: 0

If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you. Votes: 0

Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain. Votes: 0

Let us read thoughtfully; this is a great secret in the right use of books. Votes: 0

Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it? Votes: 0

I'd actually read the 'Twilight' books and seen the movies, and I was a fan. Votes: 0

Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself? Votes: 0

All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk. Votes: 0

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books. Votes: 0

Read books, listen to tapes, attend seminars-they are decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours. Votes: 0

People who read are not too lazy to turn on the television; they prefer books. Votes: 0

I don't think I've read any of the books that have been written about me. Votes: 0

Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it Votes: 0

I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world. Votes: 0

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself. Votes: 0

I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. Votes: 0

There are a lot of things I cannot do, such as eat books and read chicken. Votes: 0

I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world Votes: 0

If you read three books a day you couldn't read all the poetry that's being published. Votes: 0

My mom used to tell me, 'If you read 50 books, I'll get you a motorbike.' Votes: 0

I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world. Votes: 0

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children. Votes: 0

Seventy million books in America's libraries, but the one you want to read is always out. Votes: 0

Inconveniently, books are all the pages in them, not just the ones you choose to read. Votes: 0

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. Votes: 0

Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don't worry about it. Votes: 0

You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read... Votes: 0

I think it's the books that you read when you're young that live with you forever. Votes: 0

It's hopeless! Tomorrow there'll be even more books I should have read than there are today. Votes: 0

our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read Votes: 0

I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told. Votes: 0

To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. Votes: 0

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books. Votes: 0

My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only. Votes: 0

It often requires more courage to read some books than it does to fight a battle. Votes: 0

I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read. Votes: 0

The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read Votes: 0

My best friends are books, I can easily read them and take them wherever I go. Votes: 0

I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end. Votes: 0

When I read the books, I imagined that the family of Ron Weasley was my family. Votes: 0

I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read. Votes: 0

I read Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," all of Shirley Jackson's books, which I loved. Votes: 0

In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed. Votes: 0

I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic. Votes: 0

We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime. Votes: 0

I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself. Votes: 0

I read a couple of books about neuroscience and the relationship between the mind and the body. Votes: 0

Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence. Votes: 0

‎He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them. Votes: 0

I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books. Votes: 0

Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy. Votes: 0

Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read. Votes: 0

It's 2014, and adults are still writing articles about whether other adults should read comic books or not. Votes: 0

There are books that I read years ago that enlivened things in me that haven't died yet. Votes: 0

When I was very young, before I could read, I remember being very interested in comic books. Votes: 0

I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out. Votes: 0

We need to read good books, and for that to happen, we need to share good books. Votes: 0

If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books. Votes: 0

By the time I was sixteen I had read many books and I had become a freethinker. Votes: 0

I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood. Votes: 0

I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go. Votes: 0

I want to read a lot of books and not live lazily. I want to become intellectual. Votes: 0

In modeling: He with better looks is more in demand than he who has read better books. Votes: 0

Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read. Votes: 0

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. Votes: 0

I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read. Votes: 0

I used to like reading and you read enough books and you overflow and then you start writing. Votes: 0

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read. Votes: 0

Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul. Votes: 0

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. Votes: 0

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books. Votes: 0

Artists like to talk about what they do with people who've read their books, or seen their films. Votes: 0

Once I start reading something, I can't stop. I obsessively read, which is a problem with long books! Votes: 0

Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games. Votes: 0

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. Votes: 0

The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity... Votes: 0

Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy. Votes: 0

If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are. Votes: 0

It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all. Votes: 0

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books. Votes: 0

Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit. Votes: 0

Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books? Votes: 0

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary. Votes: 0

One thing I will surely miss is that I couldn't read all the good books in this lifetime. Votes: 0

There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there. Votes: 0

It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one. Votes: 0

I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it. Votes: 0

When I have the Bible memorised, then I'll be able to go and read a couple other books. Votes: 0

I'll read my books and I'll drink coffee and I'll listen to music, and I'll bolt the door. Votes: 0

A single line in the Bible has consoled me more than all the books I ever read besides. Votes: 0

I want to read a lot of comic books. I want to watch movies. I want to rest. Votes: 0

There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book. Votes: 0

Having a family that loves books and loves to read has always created a common ground for communication. Votes: 0

... censorship often boils down to some male judges getting to read a lot of dirty books--with one hand. Votes: 0

Five years from now, you're the same person except for the people you've met and the books you've read. Votes: 0

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them. Votes: 0

I read much more that I do anything else. I don't watch too much television, because I like books. Votes: 0

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read. Votes: 0

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas. Votes: 0

Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course. Votes: 0

Everyone writes the book he or she loves to read. Great authors write the books others love to read. Votes: 0

I wasn't smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way. Votes: 0

What literature can and should do is change the people who teach the people who don't read the books. Votes: 0

No one thinks that young adults read hooks for YOUNG ADULTS, books for young adults are read by kids. Votes: 0

The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read. Votes: 0

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can Votes: 0

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it. Votes: 0

But I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience. Votes: 0

I have read some great books recently: "Heaven is For Real," "Bud Not Buddy," and my favorite, "Tiger Eyes." Votes: 0

My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read. Votes: 0

A woman who loves books has a dreamer's soul, with each story she has read woven into her own. Votes: 0

When we meet and I discover that we have read and loved the same books, we are instant friends. Votes: 0

I'm a total Twihard. I read all the books and saw every movie on opening night with my mom. Votes: 0

I read my books out loud to myself because of the demands of the story and demands of language. Votes: 0

Are we not all books waiting for someone to pick us up and read the pages that people missed? Votes: 0

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read. Votes: 0

I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books. Votes: 0

My only dream is to get old and finally have time to read all the books that I'm collecting. Votes: 0

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read. Votes: 0

If they won't write the kind of books we like to read we shall have to write them ourselves. Votes: 0

I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true. Votes: 0

When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness. Votes: 0

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. Votes: 0

I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books. Votes: 0

Candide is one of those books I read when I was young and that I come back to regularly. Votes: 0

I must lay down the law as I understand it, and as I read it in books of authority. Votes: 0

My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have Votes: 0

Tell the truth and read story books;it will take you to the magical moment in a glory night. Votes: 0

I often feel like books find us for reasons, and we read them when we need them the most. Votes: 0

The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun. Votes: 0

I used to buy scented poetry books on tour and read aloud to the band. Not what you'd expect, huh? Votes: 0

Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read. Votes: 0

There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet. Votes: 0

I love to read history books, which is where I get my ideas. I also read historical romance for pleasure. Votes: 0

My mother and father stressed education and always made sure we had a place to study and books to read. Votes: 0

I need to see the original paintings just as little as I have to read the original manuscripts of books. Votes: 0

Books read in a public library never have the same flavour as books read in the attic or the kitchen. Votes: 0

I love to read. I have a Kindle, and it's nice to be able to download books that people refer. Votes: 0

I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read. Votes: 0

I guess people might be surprised to know I read comic books. I'm a Marvel girl, as opposed to DC. Votes: 0

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. Votes: 0

I just know I'm too much of a wuss for Stephen King's books. I'm way too chicken to read horror. Votes: 0

I read "The Yoga Sutras" every day.And also the "The Bhagavad Gita." Those two books sit by my bed. Votes: 0

I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. There's a whole other world in books. Votes: 0

I loved the theatre-my dad gave me many plays and books to read. The dramatic form just spoke to me. Votes: 0

I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself. Votes: 0

Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. . . I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. Votes: 0

We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing. Votes: 0

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read. Votes: 0

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer. Votes: 0

There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere. Votes: 0

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens Votes: 0

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books. Votes: 0

My father died when I was quite small, so my uncle used to buy me books and read them to me. Votes: 0

I'm a thirty-something gay man with a dodgy heart. I sell books for a living. Who wants to read about that? Votes: 0

Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up. Votes: 0

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores. Votes: 0

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. Votes: 0

Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned. Votes: 0

He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood. Votes: 0

I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. Votes: 0

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books. Votes: 0

Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it. Votes: 0

Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read. Votes: 0

I grew up in a house without many books. The books the nuns made us read in school didn't interest me. Votes: 0

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read. Votes: 0

I don't come from a family of readers - in fact, my parents are unable to read the books in English. Votes: 0

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents. Votes: 0

It is as acceptable now to love the wives of others as it is to smoke their cigars and read their books. Votes: 0

They were the books to read, 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' A rite of passage going through life. Votes: 0

I love books, and I love to read, and I had ideas for books that I thought would be neat to read. Votes: 0

I read the three Hunger Games books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote Just a Game. Votes: 0

It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can. Votes: 0

I do read, but not as much as I'd like to. I take five books at once and just scan through them. Votes: 0

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy. Votes: 0

I don't have a copy of my books, and the degree to which I never read them is profound. I never look. Votes: 0

I read the books, get some, Listen to others, get little but what i get the most is to sit and think. Votes: 0

Before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books. Votes: 0

I read two to three books a day anyway (I only sleep about two hours a night, and I read really fast). Votes: 0

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have. Votes: 0

With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do. Votes: 0

I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid. Votes: 0

With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do. Votes: 0

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. Votes: 0

I don't need to write a memoir of my life. All you need to do is read one of my books. I'm there. Votes: 0

I read the three 'Hunger Games' books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote 'Just a Game.' Votes: 0

I try to read a Kindle Single a week, but I'm getting bad at that. I usually have a few books on the go. Votes: 0

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house. Votes: 0

I love to read and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have. I love to sing. Votes: 0