In Haiti, beach bodies are simply bodies, and beach reads are simply books, because the beach is all around you.
I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives.
I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books.
My activities tend to revolve around crossword puzzles, reading and playing piano and games with my friends.
I'm a geek - I read fantasy novels, I play 'World of Warcraft,' I'm a massive gamer, I have 'Star Trek' outfits.
You have to find that place that is very quiet in your head, and anytime I read it, anytime I come across it, my Bible, the first Scripture in there is Psalms 91.
I start my day by trying to be healthy and exercising and thinking about and reading about the challenges. I live the mission that way.
There is a widening gap between the middle-aged-to-older generation, who still read newspapers and watch CCTV news, and the Internet generation.
Fans always say they laughed and they cried while reading my books. And I tell them that I laughed and cried while writing them.
What I like in novels that I read and enjoy is interplay of theme: the mystery of how we seem to be so separate as human beings.
I think there is just a vein of humanity that really loves animals and really loves to read about them.
Whoever said diamonds were a girl's best friend sure hasn't read a good book.
Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
I've actually started to drive slower. I never want to see a news headline that reads, 'The Chinese Guy from 'Fast & Furious' Pulled Over for a Speeding Ticket.'
I wish I could read my books over for the first time to see what you guys see.
I will write one book that will change entire humankind if only you have enough guts to read my previous ones.
If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife.
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.
I have a book of poetry I believe many should read but in each verse you'll discover it wasn't written for greed.
I love reading I know it’s very important and I respect anyone that is patient enough to do it.
I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
