Good Reading Quotes

Good Reading Quote of the day

That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

Only for today, I will devote ten minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

A bookworm in bed with a new novel and a good reading lamp is as much prepared for pleasure as a pretty girl at a college dance.

Good reading makes for damn hard writing.

A bank book makes good reading - better than some novels.

Ideally, we should like to define a good book as one which 'permits, invites, or compels' good reading

All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet.

Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.

I think sports makes for good drama because it has all the same ingredients as anything worth reading or listening to or watching. Conflict, desire, heartbreak - it's all there.

That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

There are definitely some tricks and techniques to a good reading. Rewarding the audience that shows up to your reading is very important and you can't be boring or ungrateful.

All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet. There are passages in Ulysses which can be read only in the toilet - if one wants to extract the full flavor of their content.

A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up.

All reading is good reading. And all reading of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens is sublime reading.

All I want is a modest place in Mr X's Good Reading, Miss Y's Good Writing, and that new edition of One Thousand Best Bits of Recent Prose.

Reading brings power to the mind and power brings freedom to the mind. Though you ought to read, read what is noble and worthy of not just your time, but your lifetime!