“Obviously, comedy, or art in general, or television, or whatever you want to call it's all subjective. But I do like to know what people are thinking. I don't know how long I'll keep doing that. As it goes on and on, I might become more fearful of it. For the time being, I'm not opposed to reading what people write.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWritingLongArtMightReadingKnow HowComedyTelevisionGoes OnFearfulSubjective Author:Charlie Day
“I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.” ChildrenBookHopeReadingWrittenGoes OnReaderHappyReading BooksJoy Of Reading Author:Beverly Cleary
“Every second the Universe divides into possibilities and most of those possibilities never happen. It is not a uni-verse -- there is more than one reading. The story won't stop, can't stop, it goes on telling itself, waiting for an intervention that changes what will happen next.” StoriesHappensUniverseReadingNextWaitingPossibilityGoes OnDividesVersesInterventionEvery Second Author:Jeanette Winterson
“A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else--and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on this book doesn't "spoil" enjoyment- it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music.” BookUseBeautifulReadingBrainMysteryCreationListeningGoes OnPerceptionDespiteEnjoymentListening To MusicSpoilPlaying MusicIlluminatingCoordinatesDissection Author:David Byrne
“In Africa, when you pick up a book worth reading, out of the deadly consignments which good ships are always being made to carry out all the way from Europe, you read it as an author would like his book to be read, praying to God that he may have it in him to go on as beautifully as he has begun. Your mind runs, transported, upon a fresh deep green track.” WayMindMayMadeBookRunningReadingGoes OnPrayingPicksEuropeGreenTrackShipsBook ReadingPraying To GodWorth Reading Author:Isak Dinesen
“If a man begins to read in the middle of a book, and feels an inclination to go on, let him not quit it to go to the beginning. He may perhaps not feel again the inclination.” IfsMenFeelsMayBookReadingMiddleGoes OnQuittingInclination Book:The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
“People are worse educated than they used to be. Certainly they are not very interested in reading books, as opposed to watching television, movies. They are used to getting things through the eye and the ear. In a small way, literature goes on being written, but few people like it. Once it's bureaucratized by the schoolteachers, the game's up.” PeopleWayBookEyeUsedReadingLiteratureGamesWrittenTelevisionGoes OnEarsEducatedUsed To BeReading BooksThrough The EyesWatching Television Author:Gore Vidal
“To me, if I'm reading a fantastic story or I go on a nice first date and I have a wonderful time, I'm not gonna complain because it didn't work out. I'm gonna go on a second date.” IfsFirstsStoriesReadingNiceWonderfulGoes OnWork OutComplainingFantasticFirst DateWonderful Times Author:Billy Campbell
“The strange thing, though, is that most people who write novels these days seem to be aware of only a fraction of its possibilities. Kundera goes on and on about this, and I never tire of reading him on the subject, because I agree very deeply with it.” PeopleWritingSeemsReadingNovelSubjectsPossibilityStrangeGoes OnAgreeThese DaysTireFractionsStrange ThingsVery Deep Author:Teju Cole
“I will find any excuse to go into somebody's study or ask them what they are reading. I can't think of too many other things that say what goes on in someone's head than the books they have.” ThinkingI CanBookReadingAsksStudyGoes OnExcuse Author:George Packer
“I hate being too serious about anything. If I'm with my friend, I want to be having fun with him or her. And if anybody is reading my story, I want them to be not only reading the story, but I want them to feel they're having fun; that they're enjoying it. So any way you can make it more informal, more fun-filled, more amusing - instead of just a dry story that goes on and on - if there's any way to do that, I like to try and do it.” IfsWayWantFeelsTryingStoriesHateReadingFunEnjoySeriousGoes OnMy FriendsI HateFilledHaving FunDryAmusing Author:Stan Lee