Reading Quotes - Page 216

Colin emphatically pushed the book cover shut when he finished reading. "Did you like it?" His dad asked. "Yup," Colin said. He liked all books, because he liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

Reading it the night before, I'd wondered if it would be like that for me-if in one moment, I would finally understand her, know her, and understand the role I'd played in her dying. But I wasn't convinced enlightenment struck like lightining.

I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that's made by one person, but that's not true. Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making the story up together.

In the end, what makes a book valuable is not the paper it's printed on, but the thousands of hours of work by dozens of people who are dedicated to creating the best possible reading experience for you.

Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that.

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we have, it's the only way of learning how to write a story.

...I will continue to underscore that I don't think authorial intent is all that important to a reading experience, and I certainly don't think the job of reading is to divine authorial intent.

Because so many people use goodreads, it is an amazingly good—and amazingly underutilized—resource for understanding what people read, why, and how they feel about their reading experiences.

Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each reading of each book is unique. But what a comfort it is to share readings and experiences. How lucky we are when we get to be alone together.

I would argue that stupidity is born out of bad reading, bad teaching and bad thinking!

A lot of books are sold and given away as presents. But who actually reads and enjoy reading?

When you're reading the news and sometimes you just think, "How bad can things get"?

No amount of reading and intelligent deduction could supplant the direct experience.

One of the best ways to expand his horizon is through a regular reading program.

Artists have a sensibility that others don't have. They have a way of reading into the future.

Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.

Reading is also a creative activity if you're doing it right. You can learn more from a story that's left the tracks than from a successful story.

I was reading for understanding. I wanted to do to a reader what Salinger did for me.

I am reading Jonson's verses to the memory of Shakespeare; an insolent, sparing, and invidious panegyric.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

I am now reading Cooper's Naval History which I find very interesting.

If people are constantly reading about you, and you're overexposed, they've got no reason to go see your movies. Also, it's not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded.

I'm not going to tell you the movies, but I remember getting halfway through the thing and everything sort of tunnel-visioned on me and I couldn't read the script anymore. I looked at the people and I just turned and ran out in a cold sweat. It took me about a year to study it and feel comfortable going in and reading for people.

The success of the poem is determined not by how much the poet felt in writing it, but by how much the reader feels in reading it.

I try to be personal, but that's not me, either. What seems to work best, and the tweets I enjoy reading the most, are when comedians just give jokes. It's a great joke of the day thing, especially revolving around current events. But that's not my forte either, so I find myself in no man's land with Twitter. I don't particularly enjoy giving me out to everyone.