#read

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#reading #solitude #takes

I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology. ↗

— Hume Cronyn

#author #back #everything #goes #grabbed

I have invited our little seamstress to take her thread and needle and sew our two mouths together. ↗

— Harry Crosby

#i #invited #little #mouths #needle

You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right. ↗

— Phil Crosby

#gently #know #lead #people #right

If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#believe #feel #know #reader #talking

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#bible #go #mad #must #seriously

Why do we need another station where everyone has a gun? We already have BET. ↗

— Greg Giraldo

#another #bet #everyone #gun #need

I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If there's no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.' That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#because #compassion #find #go #help

The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

#big fan #books #fan #first #funny

Your love to me was like an unread book. ↗

— Countee Cullen

#like #love #me #our love #unread