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History is my passion. So I write what I love to read. I find that if I combine history with a strong,… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
I can't complain that I've had a public all through my writing life, but people don't quite know what I've written. People… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Grace is above praise and blame. I never read the bad stuff people write, but I never read the good stuff, either.… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
Be serious. You've got to do the job you were hired to do well, but there's always more you can do. When… — Stacey Snider Copy Share Image
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I started with the book 'Boardwalk Empire' and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Rick Rubin's undulating face hair is just as famous as his body of work. In homage to the yogis he read about… — Stephen Rodrick Copy Share Image
I've always regretted that I never was able to talk openly with my parents, especially with my father. I've heard and read… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Well first of all, I think the phrase 'jump the shark' has jumped the shark. I read it in every article and… — Lisa Edelstein Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I especially read memoirs and biographies. It's very helpful when you're thinking about what's possible and what exists… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
You can't tell your kids to read if you're just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect,… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
You read about these oyster-shucking contests: Somebody did 100 oysters in three minutes, three seconds. I'm lucky if I can open one… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
My mom would always read a book to me at night from when I was three. Now, I can't go to sleep… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
Advertisers don't want to put their ads next to the investigative story; it's extremely difficult to do that. And very few people… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
Read. Read every chance you get. Read to keep growing. Read history. Read poetry. Read for pure enjoyment. Read a book called… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
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I've been fortunate in that I never actually read any Jane Austen until I was thirty, thus sparing myself several decades of… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
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When I read the 'Dick and Jane' stories, I thought they were afraid they might forget each other's names because they always… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
'Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
The whole point about historians is that we are really communing with the dead. It's very restful - because you read. There's… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
You can't judge a book by its cover until you open up and read it. There are going be a million stories… — Dion Waiters Copy Share Image
I had a very mixed kind of childhood reading. I read the childhood classics like 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'Alice in Wonderland,' 'Chums Annual.'… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
In general, what we really want is a feeling when we read anything that the author has explored the territory as dutifully… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
Director Kabir Khan had read the script of 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' and is responsible for roping in Salman Khan for this film -… — Rockline Venkatesh Copy Share Image
Every time you read a poem aloud to yourself in the presence of others, you are reading it into yourself and them.… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
If I have to pick one story that most influenced 'The Hunger Games,' it would be the Greek myth of Theseus, which… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
It's pathetic, but I don't really remember my first time reading 'The Great Gatsby.' I must have read it in high school.… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
When I'm working on a movie, I'm in my trailer playing guitar. And then on the road, I read scripts and think… — Bryan Greenberg Copy Share Image
When I started acting, I made a conscious decision that I wanted to be a character read and not a leading man.… — Brian J. White Copy Share Image
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