Reading Frequency Quotes

I'm a slow reader, but I usually get through seventy or eighty books a year, most fiction. I don't read in order to study the craft; I read because I like to read

I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.

I don't read a lot of rock magazines for the most part.

When people ask for book recommendations, I say this: Do some math. If you read one book every week for the rest of your life, and if you're lucky enough to live for 50 more years, you're only going to get to 2,600 books.

I read all the time, and I'm often struck by something I'm reading.

I have read the Aeneid through more often than I have read any long poem.

I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.

There are books all around me... I don't read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going.

I read more than I do anything else, probably. I read about three books a week.

Between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four, I must have read a whole library.

I'm not a massive reader, to be honest. I try and fill my time with other things. But I remember getting halfway through a book once. It was 'The Client' by John Grisham, which was quite interesting.

I read a couple of books a week. About 80 percent of what I read is contemporary literature for adults. The other 20 percent is made up of non-fiction and children's books.

As a reader, I try to love all the literary forms equally, but I probably read novels most often.

'Jane Eyre' must have been something I read six or seven times as an early adolescent. And 'Kristin Lavransdatter,' and 'Lorna Doone' when I was younger. My parents had a pretty rich library, no jackets on any of the books, so no descriptions. You just pulled something off the shelf and started to read it.

A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book since they were children.

I rarely read children's books.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

I read a book a week. I try to keep my mind working.

Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of opportunities to dip in. The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as in long swallows. Waiting rooms were made for books— of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone’s favorite, the john. You can even read while you’re driving, thanks to the audiobook revolution. Of the books I read each year, anywhere from six to a dozen are on tape.

I'm always reading books-as many as there are. I ration myself on them so that I'll always be in supply.

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.

I don't know that I read more than the average person. I don't think I do very much. I tend to read more when I'm on holiday. That's when I can go through books like you wouldn't believe. I read a bit of everything, but the novel has always been very important to me.

I'm really not a big rereader - I'm too aware of my own ignorance.

I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.

I am not a big reader to begin with.