“And if you decide not to read anymore, hey, no problem, because you're not the one I was waiting for anyway. But if you decide to read on, then guess what? You're my kind of time being and together we'll make magic!”

“And so one becomes, or I become, anyway, slightly obsessive, particularly about my health, because you wouldn't want to read the letters people write when you're off and they're disappointed - it's so awful, the guilt one feels for not being there.”

Elaine Paige (1948) English singer and actress

“You're always waiting on the tide,
It's time you decide.
I've walked down long roads that seem to have no end at all.
You never wanted time to end,
To let my life offend.”

Sarah McLachlan (1968) Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter

“When you're unhappy, I guess everything in the world - reading, eating, sleeping - has something buried somewhere inside it that just makes you unhappier.”

Nick Hornby book A Long Way Down

“You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading… and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“Take all the time you need
It's a lovely night
If you decide to come
You're gonna do it right.”

Brian Wilson (1942) American musician, singer, songwriter and record 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.”

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

“What you gonna do?
Time is running out on you!
Anyway you choose
Anyway you're gonna lose…”

Mike Oldfield (1953) English musician, multi-instrumentalist

“No, you've got it all wrong, John." Reading his emotions, she shook her head. "You're not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You're twice what anyone else is because you survived.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist