Quotes for All
My husband was getting his sea legs-rereading Joseph Conrad with a side order of C S Forester. Enid Nemy
Someone once said that middle age is like rereading a book that you haven’t read since you were a callow youth. The first time around you were dazzled by impressions, emotions, and tended to miss the finer points. In middle age you have the equipment to see the subtleties you missed before and you savor … Read more
Usually when I put together a book like this Death-Ray hardcover or that Ghost World special edition, then I have to reread it and see if there is anything I want to change or any re-coloring I want to do. That’s when I’m faced with the actual work. When I’m working, I’m too close to … Read more
We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ‘ Wolf Hall ‘ from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history. Damian Lewis
There’s a paradox in rereading. You read the first time for rediscovery: an encounter with the confirming emotions. But you reread for discovery: you go to the known to figure out the workings of the unknown, the why of the familiar how. Cynthia Ozick
Roth Unbound is filled with intelligent readings and smart judgments. Because of the author’s sympathy and sharp mind, it offers real insight into the creative process itself, and into Philip Roth’s high calling as a great American artist. The book is, in some ways, a radical rereading of Roth’s life and his work. It is … Read more
What a person loves at 20 may seem stupid at 35. That doesn’t mean the book was stupid, it means that the time when it spoke to the reader is past. So . . . I’m cautious about rereading favorite books. I hate to spoil the good feelings they created. Keeping the good feelings is … Read more
I write quickly with a sense of urgency. I don’t edit myself out of existence, meaning I’ll try to write 50 or 60 pages before I start rereading, revising and editing. That just helps with my confidence. Anthony Bourdain
There were two kinds of students who liked the library: those who devoured one book after another and those who savored the same book repeatedly. Now she understood those rereaders differently … she realized it was not the rereading that led to fresh insights. It was the rereader– because when a person is changing inside, … Read more
Though my short stories are the more readable, my novels do have more to say; and they will, if anyone has the patience for it, repay a rereading.
R. A. Lafferty