Quotes by Reading Nothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father. Alafair Burke scene reading father Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us. Alain de Botton moments reading book No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right. Alan Arkin intuition reading book Television viewing has become for me a completely different experience, because I don't watch shows on a weekly basis. I wait until the DVD or I TiVo everything and wait until the end of a season and watch it all over a weekend. For me that's a really satisfying experience, like reading a book. Alan Ball weekend reading book The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours Alan Bennett reading motivational inspirational The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature. Books did not care who was reading them or whether one read them or not. All readers were equal, herself included. Literature, she thought, is a commonwealth; letters a republic. Alan Bennett reading literature book What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do. Alan Bennett reading doors book [B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point. Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Briefing closes down a subject, reading opens it up. Alan Bennett briefing reading facts A book is a device to ignite the imagination. Alan Bennett reading imagination book Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Alan Bennett inviting briefing reading The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do. Alan Bennett reading enough long Authors, she soon decided, were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader's imagination as the characters in their books. Nor did they seem to think one had done them a kindness by reading their writings. Rather they had done one the kindness by writing them. Alan Bennett reading kindness book To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea how to go on; there was no system to her reading, with one book leading to another, and often she had two or three on the go at the same time. Alan Bennett reading book ideas ...she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage of her life she had been chosen to read as others were chosen to write. Alan Bennett reading impossible writing This is much more than your typical thriller. Tim Johnston has written a book that makes Gone Girl seem gimmicky . . . Johnston is an excellent writer. You want to set this one down so you can take a breath, and keep reading--all at the same time. Alan Cheuse girl reading book I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web. Alan Dean Foster reading writing morning I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new. Alan Dean Foster reading mean book Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it. Alan Dean Foster growing-up reading travel A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. Alan Dershowitz reading teacher book I grew up reading genre writers, and to the degree that Eric Ambler and Graham Greene are genre writers, I'm a genre writer. Alan Furst eric degrees reading «1234567891011»
