William Hazlitt Quotes
The greatest pleasure in life is that of reading while we are young. I have had as much of this pleasure perhaps as any one.
Quotes to Explore
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Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.
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The first thing my writing ever earned me wasn't an advance on a book; it wasn't a fee for an article or anything like that. It was, in fact, a residency at Hedgebrook Farm.
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative from movies as I did from reading novels, how to arrange stories, how to juxtapose things.
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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.
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
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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.
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I know from an editor's point of view or a publisher's point of view it's easier to slot me into a particular niche. But I know that I'd be bored unless I wrote a book that in some senses was a challenge.
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I love writing two narratives! I think concurrent storylines are my favorite way to write a book.
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I don't really know what the Great American Novel is. I like the idea that there could be one now, and I wouldn't object if someone thought it was mine, but I don't claim to have written that - I just wrote my book.
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I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.
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A comprehensive marketing plan involves both online and offline efforts to use and broaden your existing platform to promote your book.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
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I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
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I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way.
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I wasn't that bothered with school; I was too mad into horses. But I liked reading and was good enough at English and always liked music.
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One of the few luxuries left is travel. And the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the being there.
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I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.
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I have 9 children; I'm a big believer in childhood education, but we've got to be smart about getting a good return on the investment of those dollars.
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Ours is a people's democratic dictatorship, led by the working class and based on the worker-peasant alliance.
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The greatest pleasure in life is that of reading while we are young. I have had as much of this pleasure perhaps as any one.
