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I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.

I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my mind off things.

This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read.

I have to often read the same sentence over and over before I understand it. And I have to convince myself that what I'm reading is so enjoyable and so exciting and so good for me that it's worth the effort.

I read a lot, all the time, but often I read books for research, or because they're interesting to me in some way, even if they aren't exactly 'pleasurable.'

Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.

But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do.

Reading should be a pleasure, not a chore.

All reading should be pleasurable! I don't like people who keep reeling out the 'books are so important' line. First and foremost, reading is about entertainment, the same as movies, video games and music.