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Goh Chok Tong

"I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child."

Goh Chok Tong, Chinese Statesman
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist
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"Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw."

David Mitchell, British Novelist
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"With a book he was regardless of time."

Jane Austen, British Writer
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"I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out spines and ROM drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer
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"What a vast fertility of pleasure books hold for me! I went in and found the table laden with books. I looked in and sniffed them all. I could not resist carrying this one off and broaching it. I think I could happily live here and read forever."

Virginia Woolf, British Author
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"Reading for enjoyment won't die altogether, but this Ereader device has the potential to repel those less imaginative from fiction. And that could have an undesirable domino effect."

S. A. Tawks, British Author
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"Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it."

Stephen King, American Author
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"The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor."

Stephen King, American Author
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"I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading."

Tony Hillerman, American Author
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"Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier
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