Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world. Ryszard Kapuscinski attentivehighknowledge Change image and share on social
Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts. Drew Houston bookconceptgood Change image and share on social
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. Angela Carter bookbringexperience Change image and share on social
Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa. Steve Carell bookcreateexcit Change image and share on social
Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too! Mariella Frostrup bookenjoyinterval Change image and share on social
Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process. LeVar Burton bookcommoncopy Change image and share on social
Reading a Lydia Davis story collection is like reaching into what you think is a bag of potato chips and pulling out something else entirely: a gherkin, a pepper corn, a truffle, a piece of beef jerky. Kate Christensen bagbeefchip share on social
Reading a newspaper is like reading someone's letters, as opposed to a biography or a history. The writer really does not know what will happen. A novelist needs to feel what that is like. A. S. Byatt biographyfeelhappen Change image and share on social
Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. Thomas Perry characterchastitydelay Change image and share on social
Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different. Sydney Pollack experiencenatureprivate Change image and share on social
