“There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.”

“Warning: Do not read this story right after eating. In fact, don't read it right before eating either. In fact, just to be safe, don't read this story if you're ever planning to eat again.”

Louis Sachar (1954) American writer of children's books

“The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.”

Julia Child (1921–2004) American chef

“Read like a wolf eats.”

Gary Paulsen (1939) American writer and musher

“I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person.”

Bill Murray (1950) American actor and comedian

“People who chase after ever greater wealth without taking the time to enjoy it are like hungry people who are forever cooking but never sit down to eat.”

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer

“You don't read it in the sense of reading a message; it doesn't work like that. What's happening is that the Shadows are responding to the attention you pay them.”

Philip Pullman book Northern Lights

“I read like a wolf eats.
I read myself to sleep every night.”

Gary Paulsen (1939) American writer and musher

“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”

Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman