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Reading Quotes

On books, ideas, and a lifelong reading habit.

This collection includes a musician's case for teaching reading and dictation before an instrument, alongside a simple, almost self-deprecating admission of feeling born reading. See Book quotes for more.

Reading was and still is my real joy.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

As you mature, you start reading and studying and researching, you start to really know what life is about.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

Comedy is a reaction to the world, and I think it really helps to be an outsider. I've always been very interested in people's behavior, to the point of being obsessed - seeing what people needed and reading them, I...

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

Always Quotes

I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library. I was around nine years old when I began choosing my own books in earnest.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

The type of cartooning that I think is generally referred to as 'alternative' or 'underground' is usually - the distinction is usually in terms of whether it's made by one person, the entire thing is done by one hand or...

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.

Quotes by Adora Svitak

In theater, you go in-depth with your character, so coming to the States, it was inevitable to dig into the pilots I liked. I knew what characters I was going to be reading for, so I would dissect them and...

Quotes by Adan Canto

Book Quotes

Just as we were finishing 'Paul's Boutique' we got our own places, and I was going out to clubs a lot less. I got a bit more introverted and spent a lot more time on my own reading. I would...

Quotes by Adam Yauch

I'm definitely of the 'Harry Potter'-transfigured-me-into-a-reader-and-writer generation. And that's really all I read throughout my teen years, because I really devoted all my time to writing and reading friends' fan-fiction.

Quotes by Adam Silvera

I read to my kid, but I can't stand reading.

Quotes by Adam Sandler

Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural and historical setting of the text, leaves us forced to accept scientific and sociological norms...

Quotes by Adam Hamilton

When I auditioned for 'Pitch Perfect,' I didn't know it was a singing movie. I didn't read the script. I go to the audition, and I'm like, 'Oh, it's a baseball movie.' But then I'm reading the lines, and I'm...

Quotes by Adam DeVine

Like Quotes

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

Abraham Lincoln

If I like a thing, it just sticks after once reading it or hearing it.

Abraham Lincoln

I'm the world's worst at reading reviews and then pretending I've read the book.

Quotes by Abi Morgan

When I go to a library and I see the librarian at her desk reading, I'm afraid to interrupt her, even though she sits there specifically so that she may be interrupted, even though being interrupted for reasons like this...

Quotes by Aaron Swartz

I get nervous before openings or premieres or when someone's reading a new script, and I get nervous when my daughter isn't in my immediate field of vision.

Quotes by Aaron Sorkin

Love Quotes

Reading a newspaper is like reading someone's letters, as opposed to a biography or a history. The writer really does not know what will happen. A novelist needs to feel what that is like.

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is reading described as a lifelong love in these quotes?
Definitely — one speaker puts it about as strongly as possible: "I seemed to have been born reading." It suggests reading isn't just a hobby for them, but something that feels innate. For more on passions like this, see our Love quotes.
Do these quotes connect reading to other interests?
Yes — one speaker lists it alongside several passions, "gardens, art, music and reading," adding they have "eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books." Reading here is one part of a broader curious mind.
Is reading described as important in a child's education?
Yes, quite strongly. One quote warns that skipping it has real consequences: teaching an instrument "without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand." For more on personal growth themes like this, see our Book quotes.
Where do good ideas come from, according to these quotes?
For one speaker, mostly from reading: "Ninety percent of my ideas come to me either when I'm reading or watching a show." It's a reminder that consuming stories and information can directly fuel creativity.
Where can I find more content about the joy of reading?
Our Like and Always collections both touch on the everyday habits people love, reading included.

Others note how eclectic taste in books runs alongside other passions, and how most new ideas tend to surface while reading or watching something else entirely. Browse Love and Always quotes for related themes.