Physical books are still my favorite, but I own an e-book reader. They're convenient for travel.
I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.
Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland.
One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like.
I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.
Will I switch to E-reading? I won't, mainly because I love the look and feel of books - particularly hardbacks. I love them enough to put up with the minor hassles of lugging them around and maneuvering them in my lap and having to set them aside while I eat my cheeseburger.
I'm not a massive reader, to be honest. I try and fill my time with other things. But I remember getting halfway through a book once. It was 'The Client' by John Grisham, which was quite interesting.
You don't always have to have an e-book. You can have a real book. I'd like to see the old way maintain.
I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.
I read a lot when I was at college, but really, only a few of Dickens's books work for me.
At home, I tend to read print, and most of the time, that means recently released hardcover novels. I enjoy the feel of paper and board; I like turning pages, dog-earing my spot, jotting notes in the back.
I don't personally like the e-readers they've come up with so far. I don't fetishize books, but I do like that they're solid and unchanging.
I was fascinated by 'The Lord of the Rings' from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens.
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
I’m rather apt to read old books than new.
Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem to retain a fondness for reference books that goes beyond the practical. Everything there is to know about a given volume may be only a click away, but there are still a few of us who'd rather have the book than the click. A bookman's love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them.
I'm entirely of the mindset that when it comes to books, they've got to be paper.
Sometimes I - I try not to read too many fiction or novels.
Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me. I should infinitely prefer a book.
If forced to choose between a book and a Kindle, I'd opt for the comfort and ease of bound pages. I mean, I can't break a book if I drop it on a cement floor.
I wasn't brave enough to read the R. L. Stine book series when I was younger. But my brother read as many of them as he could.
I want people to read good work. If I see someone reading a book by Lorrie Moore or Jennifer Egan, I'm psyched. If I see them reading X Latin American Writer Who Sucks, I'm not psyched. But in terms of news, I do think that's important.
I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
