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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.

The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.

Quotes by Vernon Lee

I remember reading a 'Scientific American' article about the use of new physical techniques - including neutron scattering - as a method for unravelling the structure of the ribosome. I was fascinated.

Quotes by Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

With 'Nip/Tuck,' I had never even done anything before I got on that show. They created that character for me. I was reading for something else.

Quotes by Valerie Cruz

Reading 'Search Sweet Country' is like reading a dream, and indeed, at times, it feels like the magical landscapes of writers like the Nigerian Ben Okri or the Mozambican Mia Couto.

Quotes by Uzodinma Iweala

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

Quotes by V. S. Naipaul

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.

Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin

I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance, but they're not blueprints for action, ever.

Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin

I finished all the math books by third grade and most of the reading books. So I was considered disruptive.

Quotes by Tyrone Hayes

I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on my own when I was younger; I enjoyed my own company and still do, so it was a...

Quotes by Tuppence Middleton

I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some point, and they have many of the same needs and concerns covered in travel guides.

Quotes by Trudi Canavan

And I'm auditioning right now for a movie, and then I have a script that I'm reading right now for a horror film, and I'm meeting for a couple of television shows that I just had yesterday, and pretty much...

Quotes by Trishelle Cannatella

If we're going to build hardware, the thing we want to do is build reading goggles, so you can do hands-free reading.

Quotes by Trip Adler

Holding a book you're reading is kind of old-school.

Quotes by Trip Adler

Readers can read what they want and easily switch to other books, so we're seeing a lot of reading behaviors. Some verticals attract different usage than others. We can spot reading patterns.

Quotes by Trip Adler

It's exciting to do something like this because usually what happens in theater is that, after the first or second reading of a play, it falls apart completely and the rehearsal process is such that you begin to pick up...

Quotes by Treat Williams

I hate Nassau and the Bahamas. It's one of those places I'd always wanted to visit since reading Ian Fleming but it was full of casinos with Americans in shorts.

Quotes by Tony Parsons

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

Quotes by Tony Judt

I'm not too bad at reading, but I've got a bit of a confidence problem with speaking, with going from Scouse to Spanish.

Quotes by Toni Duggan

Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it.

Quotes by Tommy Hilfiger

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

Quotes by Tom T. Hall

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.