Quotes of: Readings Keyword

It is with pain that I read of the dire effects of my book upon the minds of young girls.

Mary MacLane

There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.

Ross Perot

The lot of the bride to be wed before bed desired until rotten. The lot of the author to be read before bed admired then forgotten.

Roman Payne

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten.

Richard Scarry

In writing, as in life, its not the big words that are the problem its the little minds that read them.

rassool jibraeel snyman

I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I'm a fast reader.

Reese Witherspoon

When I die I hope it may be said: 'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'.

Shannon L. Alder

I'm pragmatic. I like efficiency. I want to read what's in front of me and not have my hands tied.

Susan Brooks

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

Shane Carruth

Whenever I'm offered something, I always read the script and meet the director. I still appreciate just being considered.

Steve Carell

I read a fan bulletin board once, and somebody said I had a face like a potato, so I never went back on there.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Usually if you read a screenplay, no matter who's writing it, the bad guy is always written as a one-dimensional bad guy.

Mickey Rourke

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

Morrissey

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

Maggie Stiefvater

The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that, but the seeing eye pierces through and reads the heart and the soul.

Mark Twain

Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why.

Mia Wasikowska

In the words of Agatha Swanburne, founder of Swanburne Academy, "Every book is judged by its cover until it is read.

Maryrose Wood

I've been interested in Japan since the 1930s, when I read about Japan's vicious crimes in Manchuria and China.

Noam Chomsky

Reading the bible is like dumpster diving. You sift through the garbage hoping to find anything of value.

Nick Krampus

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read

To Kill a Mockingbird

Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else's thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person's vantage point.

Steven Pinker