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"I have learned so much from working with other poets, travelling and reading with them, spending days discussing poems in progress. There is the sense that we are all, as writers, part of something which is more powerful than any of us."

"I have learned so much from working with other poets, travelling and reading with them, spending days discussing poems in progress. There is the sense that we are all, as writers, part of something which is more powerful than any of us."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

Reading, Progress, Poems, Poets

14

"There is no such thing as national advertising. All advertising is local and personal. It's one man or woman reading one newspaper in the kitchen or watching TV in the den."

"There is no such thing as national advertising. All advertising is local and personal. It's one man or woman reading one newspaper in the kitchen or watching TV in the den."

Morris Hite, American Businessman

Reading, Advertising, Kitchen, Man

14

"Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own."

"Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Reading, Thinking

14

"I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along."

"I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along."

Charles Kuralt, American Journalist

14

"An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen."

"An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

Reading, Quality, Day, Present

14

"When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write."

"When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write."

Norman Mailer, American Novelist

14

"An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers."

"An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers."

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian Novelist

14

"For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States."

"For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Reading, States, World

14

"Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin."

"Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin."

Quentin Crisp, English Writer

Reading, Etiquette, Nothing, Sin

14

"Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen."

"Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

14

"You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice."

"You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice."

Sam Levenson, American Author

14

"The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program."

"The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Reading, Read, Kingman Brewster

14

"I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai."

"I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

14

"Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living."

"Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living."

Paul Eldridge, American Educator

Reading, Epitaphs, Lies, Living

14

"We had a script reading, and that's where we met J.K. Rowling, which was really exciting."

"We had a script reading, and that's where we met J.K. Rowling, which was really exciting."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

14

"I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed."

"I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

14

"In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it."

"In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it."

Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

14

"Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible."

"Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible."

Whittaker Chambers, American Writer

Reading, Bible, Freedom

14

"Most safely shall you tread the middle path."

"Most safely shall you tread the middle path."

Ovid, Roman Poet

14

"'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves."

"'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves."

Robert B. Parker, American Writer

Reading, Work, Public

13

"I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading."

"I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading."

Charles Kuralt, American Journalist

Reading, Writing

13

"I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it."

"I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it."

David Eddings, American Author

13

"No two persons ever read the same book."

"No two persons ever read the same book."

Edmund Wilson, American Critic

13

"I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library."

"I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library."

Beverly Cleary, American Author

13

"Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread."

"Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread."

Jimmy Carter, American President

13

"The storytelling gift is innate: one has it or one doesn't. But style is at least partly a learned thing: one refines it by looking and listening and reading and practice - by work."

"The storytelling gift is innate: one has it or one doesn't. But style is at least partly a learned thing: one refines it by looking and listening and reading and practice - by work."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

Reading, Work, Listening, Practice

13

"There were rumors I wasn't going to die. The whole cast was sitting around the table reading the script. I fell on the floor - I'm not kidding. I looked up at Katherine Heigl, and she was crying."

"There were rumors I wasn't going to die. The whole cast was sitting around the table reading the script. I fell on the floor - I'm not kidding. I looked up at Katherine Heigl, and she was crying."

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American Actor

Reading, Rumors

13

"German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case."

"German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case."

Brian Lumley, English Writer

13

"I have never read a line of Walt Whitman."

"I have never read a line of Walt Whitman."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

13

"I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop."

"I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

Reading, Poets, State, Students

13

"I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling."

"I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling."

Mark Millar, Scottish Writer

13

"Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?"

"Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?"

Jackie Collins, British Author

13

"And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I'm reading, I'm tweaking - putting in a different word, changing the syntax, putting that clause over there, you know that sort of thing."

"And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I'm reading, I'm tweaking - putting in a different word, changing the syntax, putting that clause over there, you know that sort of thing."

Jean M. Auel, American Writer

Reading, Beginning, Word

13

"We only understand that which already within us."

"We only understand that which already within us."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

13

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."

Doris Lessing, English Writer

13

"I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am!"

"I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am!"

Judith Guest, American Novelist

13

"I am only conscious of any satisfaction in Scientific Reading or thinking when it rounds off into a poetical generality and vagueness."

"I am only conscious of any satisfaction in Scientific Reading or thinking when it rounds off into a poetical generality and vagueness."

Wilfred Owen, English Soldier

Reading, Satisfaction, Thinking

13

"If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there - not because you've done a comedy performance but because you're talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul."

"If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there - not because you've done a comedy performance but because you're talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul."

Roger McGough, British Poet

Reading, Poetry, Father, Soul, People

13

"To spend this particular year reading essays to Dennis Robertson as one's supervisor, and, simultaneously, enjoying membership of the group round Keynes was indeed an intellectual treat."

"To spend this particular year reading essays to Dennis Robertson as one's supervisor, and, simultaneously, enjoying membership of the group round Keynes was indeed an intellectual treat."

James Meade, English Economist

13

"I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot."

"I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot."

J. D. Salinger, American Novelist

13

"Here we have been sitting down for a brief moment and you are already asking me if there are pictures of me in my drawers."

"Here we have been sitting down for a brief moment and you are already asking me if there are pictures of me in my drawers."

Anthony Weiner, American Politician

13

"But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube."

"But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

13

"I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time."

"I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time."

Octavia Butler, American Writer

Reading, Science, Time, Fiction

13

"I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from books - but you do your own learning in your own way."

"I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from books - but you do your own learning in your own way."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Reading, Learning, Books, Freedom, Individual

13

"I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book."

"I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

13

"What we wish, that we readily believe."

"What we wish, that we readily believe."

Demosthenes, Greek Statesman

13

"I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing."

"I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing."

Daniel Pinkwater, American Author

Reading, College, Writing

13

"I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain."

"I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain."

Jackson Browne, American Musician

Reading, Shakespeare

13

"I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately."

"I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

13

"Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views."

"Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views."

Nikolai Gogol, Russian Writer

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