M. John Harrison Quotes

People really need to take time and read a book. You know? That’s my advice. You could read A New Slant on Life, you could read Dianetics. And I think if you really read it, you’ll understand it, but unless you do, you’ll speculate. And I think that’s a mistake to do that.

I used to dislike bookshops immensely as a child and was won over only later in life.

I am glad and thankful that my husband forced me to start reading for pleasure, as it took me years to listen to him and pick up a book!

I am glad to say that I used to read a lot right from a young age.

Broaden yourself. You don't have to focus when you're 20. I think the broader you are, the better it is. Later you can focus on your real interests and ideas. The ultimate goal is to be an interesting, useful, wholesome person. If you're successful on top of that, then you're way ahead of everybody.

I have a lot of growing up to do. But I think, 'Hell, is it too late?'

Don't read a book out of its right time for you.

I find that nowadays it's just gotten harder for me to read for fun. It feels like all of my reading is research-based.

I’ve aged, but I don’t think I’ve grown up.

The most radical, audacious thing to think is that there might be some point to working hard and thinking hard and reading hard and writing hard and trying to be of service

I just think if you're 44 years old and you're not smarter than you were when you were 35 years old or 25 years old, just stay in your room.

The man who seeks to educate himself must first read and then travel in order to correct what he has learned.

Some people read only because they are too lazy to think.

I like reading books that provide you with knowledge that you previously didn't have. And books you have a chance to grow as a human being after reading them.

My maturity level is rising. I think there are certain situations that I'm handling better than in the past.

I think there comes a point where you have to grow up and get over yourself, lighten up…and forgive

“How does one grow up?” I asked a friend the other day. There was a slight pause; then she answered, “By thinking.”

I think that growing up is something that you should do gradually.

When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three I was hardly me. When I was Four, I was not much more. When I was Five, I was just alive. But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever, So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.

Personally, I don't pick books for how people think about me. I read books so I can learn.

I think Jennifer Lawrence is that inside of herself. As long as I've known her she's been both 10 years old and 50 years old. And we've watched her grow up since she walked on "Silver Linings Playbook" as a 20-year-old and had not been - "Hunger Games" had not come out. And I've watched her have to take on and deal with a great deal of attention and resources and people.

Reading has always been life unwrapped to me, a way of understanding the world and understanding myself through both the unknown and the everyday. If being a parent consists often of passing along chunks of ourselves to unwitting-often unwilling-recipients, then books are, for me, one of the simplest and most sure-fire ways of doing that.

When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off.

When you get older, you're bothered, or inspired, by other things in life than a girl breaking up with you. Things get heavier as you get older.

I still don't know what it really means to grow up. However, if I happen to meet you, one day in the future, by then, I want to become someone you can be proud to know.