Nora Roberts Quotes

As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like, escapist.

Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.

In quiet moments, I love to read.

I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.

For me reading a book is what I like doing, curled up in a corner in a comfortable chair.

What can be better than to get out a book on Saturday afternoon and thrust all mundane considerations away till next week.

All reading for pleasure is entertainment.

I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do.

No matter how people mess with you or let you down, or how you let yourself down, a good book means that when you get in bed that night, you have a good hour. I feel like you pay all day for that hour. That's what books mean to me. I can open this two-dimensional , flat white page with squiggly little black marks on them, and someone has created this world that you're going to enter into.

One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty.

For me, reading was always the great escape without getting your fingers burnt.

Reading is my greatest luxury.

People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.

Pop music for me was definitely escapist, but never studious.

People who read on holiday always have a better time because it's total escapism, both physically and mentally.

Look, I get it; you come home, you work hard, and you turn on your TV... You kind of want to escape a little bit and be taken away by something. Our show required you to pay attention, and if that's not what you wanted to do, then it wasn't going to be for you, and that's OK.

Whenever I have a few hours to dive into a book, I am happy.

I understand what's it like to work all week and on Friday night just want to go and leave your brain at the door, buy some popcorn and be thrilled by something.

We just want kids to come to our concert and forget about everything.

I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.

I read serious books, but every now and then, I read just for fun.

Reading is, hands-down, my favorite activity.

I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too.

I don't really buy a weekly magazine but do flick through them if they're in front of me. A bit of style and a dose of gossip is just what you need sometimes.

Reading takes me to a different place than my everyday life. I usually get fully involved in what I'm reading about, so it's a great escape.