“BO NOT READ THIS”

“During the LA riots English people were trying to sympathize with me, "Oh Bill, crime is horrible. If it's any consolation, crime is awful here, too." Shut up. This is Hobbiton and I'm Bill-bo Hicks … You gotta see English crime. It's hilarious. You don't know if you're reading the front page or the comic section over there. I swear to God. I read an article front page of the paper one day, in England: "Yesterday, some hooligans knocked over a dustbin in Shaftesbury." … Wooooo. The hooligans are loose! The hooligans are loose! … What if they become ruffians? I would hate to be a dustbin in Shaftesbury tonight. [to the tune of "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who] "No one knows what it's like … to be a dustbin … in Shaftesbury … with hooligans …"”

Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian

“I just read and read and read. … I have always enjoyed reading.”

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

“Reading ideas improves,
reading stories entertains,
reading the news informs,
reading books teaches,
reading the song rhymes”

Josephs Quartzy (1999) Tanzanian actor

“Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

“All reading is good reading. And all reading of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens is sublime reading.”

Anna Quindlen (1952) journalist, Novelist

“Read, read, read. That's all I can say.”

Carolyn Keene book The Secret of the Old Clock

“Read deep! Read often! Out-READ the 'Competition'!!!”

Tom Peters (1942) American writer on business management practices

“Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style.”

R.L. Stine (1943) American writer and producer

“I must read.
I must read.
I must read.”

Mark Z. Danielewski book House of Leaves