“If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.”

“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”

Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist

“Read a lot, listen well and deeply, and write a lot. […] If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.”

Natalie Goldberg book Writing Down the Bones

“If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed.”

Lily Tomlin (1939) American actress, comedian, writer, and producer

“If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed.”

Jane Wagner (1935) Playwright, actress

“Here's another piece of advice, only date people who have read a different set of books than you have read, it will save you lots of time in the library.”

Tony Kushner (1956) American playwright and screenwriter

“Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book, and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun.”

Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian

“Take a book, the poorest one written, but read it with the passion that it is the only book you will read-ultimately you will read everything out of it, that is, as much as there was in yourself, and you could never get more out of reading, even if you read the best of books.”

Sören Kierkegaard book Stages on Life's Way

“My mother told me… if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.”

Lance Armstrong book It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

“Music is not a very stable business. You know it comes and it goes, and so does money. But your education stays with you for the rest of your life and when you have that education and you have nothing fall back on you can go and get a job anywhere.”

Selena (1971–1995) Mexican-American singer, songwriter, actress, and fashion designer