“It is only the basest writer who cannot speak of the sea without talking of "raging waves," "remorseless floods," "ravenous billows," etc.; and it is one of the signs of the highest power in a writer to check all such habits of thought, and to keep his eyes fixed firmly on the pure fact , out of which if any feeling comes to him or his reader, he knows it must be a true one.” IfsKnowsFactsFeelingsEyeSpeakTalkingSeaReaderHabitPureHighestWaveRageChecksFixedHis EyesEtcFloodTrue OnesRemorseless Book:The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings Source: The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings
“I'm 52 years old, which means I'm of an age where my reading habits are more or less set. I read plenty of stuff on line but I rely on pretty traditional sources. I'm a newspaper reader, whether in hand or on my iPad.” YearsMeanHandsAgeReadingStuffLinesSourceReaderHabitNewspapersTraditionalPlentyRelyIpadsReading Habits Author:Michael Wilbon
“One of the great things about being involved with comics is that those people are devoted to their characters, writers and artists. The average comic reader isn't casual about their habit.” PeopleCharacterArtistReaderHabitInvolvedAverageGreat ThingsComicDevotedCasual Author:Charlie Huston
“I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and twitter to contrive fiction.” PeopleThinkingUseFormFictionReaderHabitGoogleSevereBlogs Author:Patrick Nielsen Hayden
“I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous.” PeopleKnowsBelieveBookValuesReadingLiteratureLostFictionParticularReaderHabitEntertainmentEnjoyedSentimentalFrivolousSentimental Value Author:David Nicholls
“Most readers look at the photograph first. If you put it in the middle of the page, the reader will start by looking in the middle. Then her eye must go up to read the headline; this doesn't work, because people have a habit of scanning downwards. However, suppose a few readers do read the headline after seeing the photograph below it. After that, you require them to jump down past the photograph which they have already seen. Not bloody likely.” PeopleIfsFirstsLooksEyePastSeeingMiddleReaderHabitPagesPhotographBloodyHer EyesHeadlinesScanning Author:David Ogilvy
“We always for better or worse try to put on paper what's going up on screen - whether we're directing it or not. It's really just an extension of that habit which is trying to tell the reader what the movie will look like. Ultimately that is the job of a screenwriter to a certain extent.” TryingLooksJobsCertainReaderHabitPaperScreensExtensionsScreenwriters Author:John Francis Daley
“I don't read the "letters" section of Time magazine. I think it's just my habit as a reader. I don't read comments on stories, in general.” ThinkingStoriesReaderHabitLettersMagazinesCommentSectionsTime Magazine Author:Joel Stein
“These days, most of my interactions with young people are centered on the poetry or theater classes I teach, so the students I know are reading contemporary poets (they love Willie Perdomo) and scripts (No Child, by Nilaja Sun and Twilight by Anna Deavere Smith). I don't know their reading habits outside of our class, but I believe that they enjoy stories that they can relate to, learn from, be challenged by - you know, the usual good writing that every reader craves.” PeopleKnowsWritingBelieveChildrenStoriesYoungReadingI BelieveEnjoyClassTeachSunStudentsPoetReaderHabitTheaterScriptsContemporaryRelateThese DaysUsualInteractionTwilightCraveGood WritingAnnaReading Habits Author:Renee Watson
“I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.” ThinkingTryingLittlesStillsMotherBitsSportsWifeReaderHabitLittle BitDaughterDown AndMy WifeEnvyMy TimeMy DaughterBad Habits Author:Mike Krzyzewski