#read

Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at least encounter regularly, are decent and friendly. ↗

— Adrienne Clarkson

#encounter #fearful #forget #friendly #hear

The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#anyone #care #exist #i #i write

See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession. ↗

— Robert Collier

#belonging #possession #see #them #things

What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#because #chance #character #comfortable #generally

You have to read scripts and audition and develop relationships. It takes a long time to develop a body of work but over the last 25 years I guess I've done that many movies. In hindsight it may seem effortless, but there's a lot of work that goes into it. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#body #develop #done #effortless #goes

Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#first #like #monogamy #never #over

Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent. ↗

— Kenneth H. Cooper

#aerobic #already #dancing #extent #injury

I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#feeling #give #i #image #knowing

That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#absorb #best #porous #ready #solution

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#cow #grazing #mere #must #pleasure