I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.
Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.
I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
Some novel lovers have no interest in comics, and some comics fans would never take the time to read a novel.
I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.
In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
I'm obsessed with TV. How wrong our parents were when they said we should only watch an hour a day. Stop wasting your time reading books.
But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons.
I've read a couple of things that I was sort of close to having a nervous breakdown. But I don't think I was. I was very, very tired. It was a really difficult time.
The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.
Yes, I was the child who would sneak into her closet and read 'Nancy Drew' for hours after the designated 'lights out' time of night.
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading.
I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'
My father always said, 'Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf' - so I make sure I read.
I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.
In general, I've been treated well by reviews, and there are times when I haven't. The truth is that I've come to feel like I'm better off without reading them.
Alex: No time for the old in-n-out, love, I've just come to read the meter.
Frances Stevens: Mother, the book you're reading is upside down!
