“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.”

“Read a lot, listen well and deeply, and write a lot. […] If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.”

Natalie Goldberg book Writing Down the Bones

“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

“If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.”

Roald Dahl (1916–1990) British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter

“You're either reading a book or you're not.”

Jonathan Franzen (1959) novelist

“I was kind of solitary. I'd spend a lot of time on my own, reading books. I didn't integrate very well.”

Philip Ó Ceallaigh (1968) Irish writer

“You're never alone when you're reading a book.”

Susan Wiggs (1958) American writer

“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.”

John S. Hall (1960) Poet, author, singer, lawyer

“People are like almanacs, Bonnie - you never can find the information you're looking for, but the casual reading is well worth the trouble.”

Zelda Fitzgerald book Save Me the Waltz

“She reads a lot of books. Good things, books.”

Thorne Smith (1892–1934) an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction