Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes

Reading a text is more like tracing this process of constant flickering than it is like counting the beads on a necklace.

Terry Eagleton

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I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'

Zosia Mamet
- Time
- Thinking
- Book
Twitter, Facebook are so different from where I began. It's like a fire that takes off... I'm reading everybody's Twitter.

Randee Heller
- Different
- Reading
- Fire
I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.

Madhur Bhandarkar
- Family
- Reading
- Habit
Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both the historical novelist and the science fiction writer are writing about worlds unlike our own.

Pamela Sargent
- Good
- Writing
- Science
When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?'

Laura Dern
- Thinking
- Job
- Reading
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

G. M. Trevelyan
- Education
- Reading
- Worth