Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

I am an avid reader.

Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know.

Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books.

Yes, I don't read books for entertainment.

I read books more than I go out.

If you enjoy reading something, read it.

I don't very often read novels.

I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read.

No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night.

And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a book!

For me I was always a smart nerdy kid. I wasn't the smartest and I wasn't the nerdiest, but I was a smart nerdy kid my whole childhood, and I definitely wanted to be somehow involved with reading the rest of my life, and I came from a community, I lived in a community, I was part of a community where reading was considered completely alien.

I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out spines and ROM drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

The greatest gift is a passion for reading.

I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them.

It's fun for me to be with someone who loves reading as much as I do, because he'll give me things to read that I wouldn't normally seek out, and I think vice versa.

I would rather be dead than not read

Because so many people use goodreads, it is an amazingly good—and amazingly underutilized—resource for understanding what people read, why, and how they feel about their reading experiences.

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.

We live for books.

For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime.

When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it.

Reading begets reading.

Those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers.

I wake up thinking: What am I reading? What will I read next? I'm terrified that I'll run out, that I will read through all I want to, and be forced to learn wildflowers at last, to keep awake.