Derek Blasberg Quotes

I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.

I've never missed a flight. And I don't see any reason in cutting it close because airports are pleasurable for me: You can go to the restaurant, get a massage, browse books, sit at a bar, check emails.

I love to read. I don't get enough time to read. I love reading the Internet. I love reading magazines. I love going on the 'net.

You know, I've never been a comic book person, just because that's not my gig and I don't have a television.

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.

I'm in production year round. I work long hours. I have a dog and a wife. There's not a lot of available time for consuming any culture: T.V., movies, books. When I read, it's generally magazines, newspapers and web sites.

I watched television a little, but I mostly just drew and read magazines.

I don't really read magazines that much. I read comic books.

I think people used to read 'War and Peace,' and now they don't; now they sit around with their tablets and watch 'Downton Abbey' and 'Breaking Bad' or whatever, and they want the things that they watch to be better so that they can feel better about themselves for watching it.

I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV anymore.

I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it.

I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.

My flight time is important to me; I actually prefer a longer flight to a short one. That way I have time to read a book, watch movies, and think about new dishes.

I never was a big comic book fan. Obviously I'd heard them growing up from my friends who did read them, but I never was a big comic book reader.

Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.

I like doing the crossword puzzle in the New York Times, not watching E! on TV.

You can't just buy the sports section of 'The New York Times.' You take the whole paper.

If I have a spare second, I usually catch up on the many magazines I'm behind on or watch the latest movies on demand that I usually missed at the theater. I love magazines. My top three: Graydon Carter's 'Vanity Fair', Adam Moss' 'New York magazine' and David Remnick's 'New Yorker.'

I find just in terms of free time I'm always envious of people I know who... listen to music, watch films, play games, read books. I have to pick. And I find frequently that if I've got Sophie's Choice, I'll try to keep up with music and keep up with films. So my book reading and comic reading and game playing is terrible and infrequent.

I loved reading magazines about the entertainment world.

I get most of my reading done whenever I'm in the airport waiting on a flight, have some time to kill, and I have a book with me.

The big problem in America is that everyone is spending 2-3 hours a day watching TV. If you spend that same amount of time reading, you'll be in the top 1% of whatever your field is.

I don't really watch a lot of television, and I would watch mindless, mindless television.

Hey, Geekoid!" yelled Duncan Dougal, "Why do you read so much? Don't you know how to watch TV?

Given that life is so short, do I really want to spend one-ninetieth of my remaining days on earth reading Edward Gibbon?