Chang-Rae Lee Quotes

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

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

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.

I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.

I love reading. I spend a huge amount of time travelling on planes and have always got a book on the go.

I get transported when I read books.

I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

I love comics. All I've been doing is reading every day, sitting in the house. Because I've not been feeling too good, so I've been reading and reading.

I absolutely love reading; it is a fantastic way of unwinding.

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.

Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.

Don't get me wrong, I love watching episodes of my favorite shows on Hulu and reading the daily trash on PageSix, but I also embrace the opportunity to settle down with a good book and let my mind travel to another place and time.

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

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.

We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.

I want to be a writer you can always depend on for a good read during your vacation, during your flight, during a time in your life when you want to forget the world around you.

Travelling is a great time to catch up on my reading. It's hard falling asleep in new places, but a good book always makes it easier.

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.

I was alone as a child. I lived in fairytales, adventures, Shakespeare. They are the friends, my books.

My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book.

Books are magic: you never know where they're going to end up.

Aeroplane journeys give me quiet time to read and sleep; it's like being unplugged from the earth.

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.

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

I don't have the time to curl up on my couch with a good book.