“I am not well read, but when I do read, I read well.”

“I can read books and news articles about people who have excelled, people who have done extremely well in their chosen field, or made a lot of money, or married well, or what have you. When some people read this stuff, they get inspired, but when I read it, it makes me feel worse. Sometimes I wish I had never learned to read.”

“I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write & read & read & write”

“I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's not going to happen”

“Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.”

“No, I didn't read the budget. I hired people to read the budget. You read the budget? Well, yeah. It's the difference between somebody who's in Congress and somebody who's a governor.”

“One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.”

“Reading was my first solitary vice (and led to all others). I read while I ate, I read in the loo, I read in the bath. When I was supposed to be sleeping, I was reading.”

“That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.”

“A reader told me recently, in London, said that 'well, I read that you write the last sentence first, so I always read your last sentence first.' And I said, 'oh, no, you're not supposed to do that.”