#reading

Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#i #i can #know #life #me

No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#black #black and white #characters #close #experience

As a rule it usually takes three or four readings for me to be interested in a script, and if I'm interested I'll read it three or four times before I make a strong decision. ↗

— Chris Cooper

#decision #four #i #interested #make

As you know from reading many of these Negro writers, we don't deal too much with the discussion of democracy and what it means and how improvisation fits in all that. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#democracy #discussion #fits #how #improvisation

It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don't like me and I don't think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#assume #because #been #context #easier

With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism. ↗

— John Doolittle

#cold war #communism #conviction #courage #freedom

I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive. ↗

— Rita Dove

#alive #come #extremely #had #i

They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#above #also #analysis #based #collect

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#bad #bad review #duty #guard #like

I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down. ↗

— Tim Vine

#down #glue #history #i #put