Reading quotes

“Good writing will bring you to places you don't even expect sometimes.”
James Gandolfini

“Make your readers hear the pauses between the sentences. Let them see characters lean forward, fidget with their cuticles, avert their eyes, uncross their legs.”
Jerome Stern

“I'm one of those freaky people that actually reads books.”
Jason Momoa

“- Ben Wade: Have you ever read a book in your life, Byron, except the bible?
- Byron McElroy: No need.”
Russell Crowe - Ben Wade
Peter Fonda - Byron McElroy

“I'm very non-physically resourceful. I read a lot of intelligence, I read a lot of poems, and I've read all of the 'Hunger Games'.”
Miranda Hart - Nancy B. Artingstall

“- Greg Heffley: Without devices, there's absolutely nothing to do.
- Susan Heffley: Look at the scenery. Read a book.
- Greg Heffley: Read a book? It's summer vacation!”
Jason Drucker - Greg Heffley
Alicia Silverstone - Susan Heffley

“- Cliff: Jenny, prepare yourself for a shock: I'm the Rocketeer.
- Jenny: The Rocke-who?
- Cliff: For crying out loud, haven't you read the papers?
- Jenny: No, I've been working all day.”
Billy Campbell - Cliff
Jennifer Lynn Connelly - Jenny

“Writers write things to give readers something to read.”
Sir Sean Connery - William Forrester

“There was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn't just for fags and neither was writing. People wrote books and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting. And I believe that time can come again!”
Luke Wilson - Joe Bauers

“- Glenda Gardenia Parks: Chester! You just went through a stop sign.
- Chester: I can't help it. I don't like to read when I drive.”
Goldie Hawn - Glenda Parks
T.K. Carter - Chester

“- Gaston: [rudely flipping through Belle's book] How can you read this? There's no pictures!
- Belle: Well, some people use their imagination.”
Richard White - Gaston
Paige O'Hara - Belle

“- Jimmy Lynch: You read the newspapers, Jock?
- Jockamo: Of course I read the newspapers. What do I look like, an imbecile?”
Timothy Hutton - Jimmy Lynch
Steven Keats - Jockamo

“When I'm reading a book, I don't need a first edition to enjoy it. A dollar copy is good enough so long as the words are there.”
Marlon Brando

“Most heads of studio stop reading scripts when they get their jobs and become hostage to the reports of low-paid readers, who are usually young, frustrated filmmakers.”
John Boorman

“People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don't always like who they are.”
Esther Garrel - Marzia

“- Wolverine: So read my mind.
- Jean Grey: I'd rather not.
- Wolverine: C'mon. You afraid you might like it?
- Jean Grey: I doubt it.”

Hugh Jackman - Wolverine
Famke Janssen - Jean Grey

“- Kate Moseley: If you're so bored, why don't you read?
- Doug Dorsey: What, you mean like a book?
- Kate Moseley: That is a traditionally accepted format, yes.”
Moira Kelly - Kate Moseley
D.B. Sweeney - Doug Dorsey

“- Tommy: The human body hasn't got used to dairy products yet.
- Turkish: Well fuck me, Tommy. What have you been reading?”
Stephen Graham - Tommy
Jason Statham - Turkish

“Read, read, read, read! Let me tell you something - last time I read a book, I was raped. Let that be a lesson to you.”

Madeline Kahn - Betty

“- Elliot Richards: You can't read that, that's private stuff!
- The Devil: You're telling me, listen to this. Last night was the most incredible night of my life. I never did get any of the guys' names, but I brought them back home and all five of them banged me like a Salvation Army drum.
- Elliot Richards: What?
- The Devil: Kidding.”

Brendan Fraser - Elliot Richards
Liz Hurley - The Devil

“I believe the characters we read on the page become more real than the men who stand beside us.”
Natalie Portman - Jackie Kennedy

“- Kate Moseley: What was the last book you read? You were in college?
- Doug Dorsey: The last thing I read in college was the letter canceling my scholarship when I couldn't play anymore.
- Kate Moseley: Okay, high school.
- Doug Dorsey: I was a hockey player. The only thing I had to read was a scoreboard.”
Moira Kelly - Kate Moseley
D.B. Sweeney - Doug Dorsey

- Devon Miles: I can't really read music.
- Mr. Wade: Oh, that's all right, son. Some people can't read the sign that says "toilet". Doesn't mean they don't know how to use it.
Nick Cannon - Devon Miles
J. Anthony Brown - Mr. Wade

“- Leonard Shelby: How can you read that again?
- Leonard's Wife: It's good.
- Leonard Shelby: Yeah, but you read it like a thousand times.
- Leonard's Wife: I enjoy it.
- Leonard Shelby: I always thought the pleasure of a book is not knowing what happens next.
- Leonard's Wife: Hey, don't be a prick. I'm not reading it to annoy you, I enjoy it....” (continue) (continue reading)
Guy Pearce - Leonard Shelby
Jorja Fox - Leonard's Wife

“The saddest thing about myself is that I never read a book. I never got the habit.”
Anthony George Newley