“[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.”

“Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read… if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.”

Werner Herzog (1942) German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director

“But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.”

Elizabeth von Arnim book In the Mountains

“When you have mastered the numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading a book. You will be reading meanings.”

Harold Geneen (1910–1997) American businessman

“Just because you read it in a magazine,
Or see it on a TV screen
Don't make it factual.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

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

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

“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

“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

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

Josephs Quartzy (1999) Tanzanian actor