I never minded the random scribblings of other readers, found them interesting in fact. It is a truth universally acknowledged that people write the darndest things in the margins of their books.
Tara Bray SmithTags: paraphrased books readers marginalia margins
Certain bookworms eat books. Eat them, swear in them, spill things on them.
Tara Bray SmithTags: books bookworms read readers bookworm
Most non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom.
Tom BissellTags: reading readers non-readers
I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
Roald DahlTags: reading books readers kids
The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.
Patricia A. McKillipTags: reading books book-lovers readers bibliophiles
You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish boy of color in a contemporary U.S. ghetto. Mamma mia! Like having bat wings or a pair of tentacles growing out of your chest.
Junot DíazTags: intelligence readers minorities ghetto x-men
If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.
Julian BarnesTags: writing writers creativity readers
The public wants work which flatters its illusions.
Gustave FlaubertTags: art writing writers creativity artists readers flattery public
Life … is a bit like reading. … If all your responses to a book have already been duplicated and expanded upon by a professional critic, then what point is there to your reading? Only that it’s yours. Similarly, why live your life? Because it’s yours. But what if such an answer gradually becomes less and less convincing?
Julian BarnesTags: life writers living readers
NEWSPAPER: What great paper is the Earth; what a typeface is the Day; what ink is the Night! – Everyone prints, everyone reads; no one understands.
Xavier ForneretTags: writers readers newspapers publishing
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