Reading for Fun Quotes

I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.

One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty.

I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. It's perfectly okay to take a book, read it, have a good time, giggle and laugh - and turn off the TV. I love that.

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.

All reading should be pleasurable! I don't like people who keep reeling out the 'books are so important' line. First and foremost, reading is about entertainment, the same as movies, video games and music.

As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like, escapist.

If you don't read for pleasure, you'll lose your edge as a writer.

I like reading. I prefer not reading on my computer, because that makes whatever I am reading feel like work. I do not mind reading on my iPad.

This is not about money or anything other than the pleasure of reading for people who want to read it.

My personal view is that reading has to be balanced. Obviously, there's a certain amount of reading that we have to do academically to continue to learn and to grow, but it's got to be balanced with fun and with elective reading. Whether that's comic books or Jane Austen, if it makes you excited about reading, that's what matters.

All reading for pleasure is entertainment.

I read serious books, but every now and then, I read just for fun.

The book on my nightstand right now isnt anything that inspired me, but it entertained me. I read a book on Labor Day, it was a holiday, and I have three daughters, and we all went to the shopping mall and I sat on the bench and read a book while they shopped, it was called The Greatest Golfer there Ever Was, it was a great book, easy to read and entertaining.

I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me.

There are six 'Time Warp Trio' books that would take a page each to fully praise. And I just thought up twelve more while I was typing this sentence.

I think I was in 10th or 11th grade before I ever read a book for pleasure.

I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.

Men must read for amusement as well as for knowledge.

I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.

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 was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.

Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.

These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important.

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.