Roald Dahl Quotes

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.

A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK!

wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading.

If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation.

I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time.

I know one thing - if I didn't have TV and theatre and radio, the world would be a much more boring place.

When I'm coming offstage after my show, I'm thinking about what's on my TiVo.

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.

I love to listen to books on tape.

I consider a house without books or a piano to be unfurnished.

I like infomercials.

I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.

It sounds so geeky, but I really do like studying and reading, and if I'm not working on 'Harry Potter,' then my greatest relaxation is to sit with a book.

I enjoy doing TV than movies. I do enjoy watching music reality shows but never get approached to participate in reality shows. I also enjoy reading books and take time to finish them.

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

I love to read, and TV seemed more like a good book, with these incredible series unfolding like chapters in a novel.

I honestly believe there is absolutely nothing like going to bed with a good #book; or a friend who's #read one.

If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.

A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls

Vacation cruises are advertised as luxurious journeys to exotic places, but a chief pleasure is the reading of books ... . On steamer chairs topside or poolside, in the lounges, everywhere you see men and women with their noses in books, devouring them for hours.

Books are a languid pleasure.

I think it's so important for all of us to be able to see ourselves represented in the books we read and the movies and TV shows we watch.

If I wasn't an actress I'd want to be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books and watch movies all day, everyday, for the rest of my life.

Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore.