I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
Salman Rushdie
I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them.
People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.
My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people... →
A book worth reading is worth buying.
John Ruskin
I grew up reading a lot of these super weird, genre-bending Southern gothic writers.
Karen Russell
A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because... →
Richard Russo
It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition... →
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
I pretty much always wanted to write a series, because I love reading them.
Marie Rutkoski
When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.
Seung Sahn