Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
P. J. O'Rourke
I read good. I was an English major.
Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral... →
You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
More modern poetry is written than read.
I don't read for amusement, I read for enlightenment. I do a lot of reviewing, so I have a steady assignment of reading. I'm also a judge for... →
Joyce Carol Oates
I don't think I'm morbid by nature. Serious writers have always written about serious subjects. Lighthearted material doesn't appeal to... →
Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own... →
I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You don't have to get books repaired.
The books I read I do enjoy, very much; otherwise I wouldn't read them. Most of them are for review, for the New York Review of Books, and... →