I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.
No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get that all the time. I'm so blessed.
Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it.
I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.
Be sure to read a recipe all the way through before you cook. The time it saves you in the long run is invaluable.
For the last year I've been at Stanford University as a student and I've had time to read the newspaper.
I'm an active author: I travel to give readings and talks, although I know it's risky.
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.
Will: I read your book last night. Sean: So you're the one.
Lesra: [to Rubin] Dear Mr. Carter, I read your book.
The Grandson: They're kissing again. Do we have to read the kissing parts?
I was a very difficult child, and the time I spent reading was about the only peace I gave my mother.
Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.
I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.
We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
