Sigrid Nunez Quotes

I tend to read things that are a little more on the nourishing side. But if I don't enjoy something, I'll put it down.

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

I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.

Life is too short to live with any but the greatest books.

The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read any but the famed books./ Never read any but what you like.

You know, I read graphic novels but not encyclopedically.

In my high-minded and naive way, I believed the only books worth reading were the classics.

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.

If I'm desperate, I'll read anything. But even when I can be choosy, I still have no hard-and-fast rules. I have rules about what I won't read, rather than what I will. No science fiction, no romance, no chick lit. Although even these rules can be broken.

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

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

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.

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.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

I am a passionate nonfinisher. Life is too short, and there are too many great books to read, so if I lose interest or respect, I switch. But when, of course, when you really fall in love with a book, all the others are ignored.

I quite liked Dostoyevsky when I was younger.

Life is too short to waste time on books that end badly

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

I don't want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading.

If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.

A man ought to inquire and find out what he really and truly has an appetite for; what suits his constitution; and that, doctors tell him, is the very thing he ought to have in general. And so with books.

There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.

I read books I hate all the time, and I don't mention them or talk about them.

Really important books to me are the classics. I try very hard to read them well - you know, especially once I got serious about writing.

Life is too short for reading inferior books.