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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.

Quotes by Garth Risk Hallberg

I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world.

Quotes by Garret Dillahunt

I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.

Quotes by Garrett Dillahunt

A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.

Quotes by Gail Simmons

On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.

Quotes by Gabrielle Zevin

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Quotes by G. M. Trevelyan

At school I was really heavily dyslexic, so I really struggled academically with reading and writing.

Quotes by Freya Ridings

Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great).

Quotes by Frederik Pohl

A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction.

Quotes by Frederik Pohl

The head of Fermilab was reading Astonishing Stories when he was ten.

Quotes by Frederik Pohl

I was fortunate to grow up in a middle-class home with two hardworking parents who enjoyed both reading and mathematics.

Quotes by Freeman A. Hrabowski III

I grew up playing soccer with the boys - quite far from reading magazines.

Quotes by Freja Beha Erichsen

My mother was an unbeliever - and still is. My father was a nominal Catholic. We would go in to church at the last minute before the gospel reading, take Communion, and walk right out again.

Quotes by Frederica Mathewes-Green

I always tend to see, right after reading the script, the character and how I want to play it. I guess that's sort of most of the work, preparing for the role, but almost the creation of the character seems...

Quotes by Freddie Highmore

In fourth grade I had a high school reading level, but I didn't want to go to school and I didn't feel I belonged there.

Quotes by Freddie Prinze

I'm not a Lincoln expert, rather a biographer who has had the pleasure of reading much of what has been written about him from his lifetime to this year of his bicentennial. Some advice: Don't try that unless you have...

Quotes by Fred Kaplan

Reading Edmund Morris's 'Colonel Roosevelt' is a rewarding journey, as it must also have been for its author, who concludes his three-volume saga begun in 1980 with publication of 'The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.'

Quotes by Fred Kaplan

'Colonel Roosevelt' is compelling reading, and Morris a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level.

Quotes by Fred Kaplan

Now that I'm taking some time off from school, I've been reading a lot to make sure I don't forget everything. It's mostly classics and nonfiction accounts from actors, directors and writers from the '40s and '50s.

Quotes by Fred Savage

When I was nine, I started reading Homer. I would get up at four o'clock in the morning, before I had to go to school, in third or fourth grade, and, for several hours, I would read 'The Iliad' or...

Quotes by Franz Wright

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.

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