Well, first I would ask them if they had read the Bible; then I would ask them if they had understood it.
I'm just a hired actor who was hired for a particular job, but I think one of the joys of reading the script was the way that the personal and the global are woven together.
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.” —
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.
Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us, but in reference to other parts of the Bible.
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
I will continue to write what I love to read, and the fact that it doesn't sell as well as romance or sci-fi or fantasy isn't the point.
When you discover the joy of reading, your mind opens to a world of wondrous discoveries and infinite possibilities.
Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is.
For every idea that's been done to DEATH, there's a child being BORN who hasn't read it yet. Don't kill your dragons.
Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.
I do a lot of reading, meditating, and praying to stay as grounded as I can be in this crazy world.
We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.
Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read.
Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind.
The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any list meaningless except the list of an illiterate.
I like to read as much as I can from every genre. That way, I can express my love for all writers.
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door." ( : CCXVII, March 31, 1945)
That was excellently observed’, say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I pronounce him to be mistaken.
Good or bad, positive or negative, there is no comment more insulting to a poet than one displaying that you have not properly read and considered the things they wrote.
