Quotes about reading

In general, what is written must be easy to read and easy to speak; which is the same.

Aristotle

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry – writing at writing.

Maya Angelou

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’

Lyndon B. Johnson

I never read. I just look at pictures.

Andy Warhol

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

Mark Twain

To try to conceal our own heart is a bad means to read that of others.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.

William Faulkner

New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don’t forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the poems.

William Shakespeare

Magic has always been of a great interest of mine. I was an amateur magician when I was young. I used to practice and read up on it a lot. I’m well-aware of the history of magic.

Woody Allen

If you’re like most people in the world today, then you have read fewer than five books cover to cover in your lifetime. According to one major American publisher, 95% of all books that are purchased are never completely read.

Rory Vaden