Josh Radnor Quotes

You know, I read graphic novels but not encyclopedically.

I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.

I'm not someone who has a list of great books I would read if I only had the time. If I want to read a particular so-called classic, I go ahead and read it. If I had more time, I would certainly read more, but I'd read the way I always do - that is, I'd read whatever happened to interest me, not necessarily classics.

I hate the idea that you ought to read the whole of anybody.

It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke.

We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.

I'm a painfully slow reader. And to this day, I mean, I love reading, and I'm very careful - very selective about what I read because I don't read very fast and, therefore, not a great deal.

A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.

I'm not a natural reader but there are books I'll read and read again.

I'm a 'bound book' kind of girl. I have a Kindle, and I enjoy it for some things, like convenience or instant gratification, or all the little things that you can do with them.

I don't give books as gifts. Books are extremely personal, and I would hate to give someone a book that they don't like or want, because it would break my heart if they didn't read it.

My favorite is always the book that I'm currently reading.

The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.

Anything that I read, I read because I'm interested in it.

I read a book a week. I try to keep my mind working.

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

I have different books for different times of the day, let alone different seasons of the year!

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

If a child wants to read 'Twilight' over Middlemarch, they should be encouraged - the important thing is to get them reading in the first place.

No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness.

I don't read that many novels, I'm more of a nonfiction fan.

When I was younger, I suppose I was interested in checking out as much about writing as I could: bad, weird, irritating, even things not-to-my-taste. Now I am less open. I will decide after a few pages if I want to stay in the world of the book, and if I don't, I put it down. I have less time left.

Live always in the best company when you read.

Reading is a lot like eating for me: If I try to read a book I'm not hungry for, I won't enjoy it, but if I wait until I have a real appetite for something, I'll devour it.