What really disconcerts commentators, I suspect, is that when they read historical fiction, they feel their own lack of education may be… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons for… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“He passed his hands over some of the fine embossed bindings as he thought, I am a book also, words and thoughts… — Ari Berk Copy Share Image
I think often people don't realize the great diversity of Southern writing because in their minds, if you're not from the South,… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I do research, I read books. I write down everything that I intend to say and this may take several hours. Then… — Bo Sanchez Copy Share Image
I think 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is a good example of a film where you have to juggle a whole… — Niels Arden Oplev Copy Share Image
A visit to Israel is always an experience in cognitive dissonance. The Israel you personally see and hear is so completely different… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
I read somewhere that when I go on stage, people realize that they're not me and they feel better. When I walk… — Richard Lewis Copy Share Image
We Liberals like to think our thoughts aren't controlled. We pride ourselves on our independent thinking. We know we shouldn't believe everything… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
There's still a lot of investors wondering what to invest in. And, of course, I think entertainment looks attractive when you read… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have… — Madhur Bhandarkar Copy Share Image
I don't read a lot of books that were published after 1755. One thing about having friends in New York who belong… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
I'm not saying don't do the work you got, but instead of this two hours of watching TV at the hotel lobby… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
“Why do you read so much?" "I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
My mother is a huge fan of my work. I told her about 'Coraline' long before the film was made, and she… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I knew were… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
I'm a huge Emile Zola fan, and when Bill Gallagher said he was writing a new character for 'The Paradise' and had… — Ben Daniels Copy Share Image
'The Lord of the Rings,' obviously, had a huge, huge impact on me. I read a lot of 'Hardy Boys,' also. I… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
Every book leaves its mark on you. It might leave you hungry for that kind of book or you may be satiated,… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
I dare you to read a book this weekend! War and Peace? To Kill a Mocking Bird? Catcher in the Rye? The… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I still have the 'New York Post' delivered because it's so garrulous and nasty and wonderful when you read it in print.… — Geoffrey Zakarian Copy Share Image
Canada was for me very much Sweden, you know? Very much open people, that they read books, they go see films. I… — Michael Nyqvist Copy Share Image
“It's not macho to read? Nonsense. Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-itness. It is also, in my experience, one… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
When I get started each day, I read through and correct the previous day's 2,000 words, then start on the next. As… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
“Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He… — Charles Haddon Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Urban Fantasy is a subgenre pretty much designed for teenagers. It's pretty twee, but I adore it. I've been trying to come… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
“What a wonderful world it could be, when spiritual factions would choose to read sacred writings as colorful metaphors and not as… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
'The Good Soldier' is an odd and maybe even unique book. That it is a masterpiece, almost a perfect novel, comes as… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
I love cookbooks for completely different reasons. I love 'The Harry's Bar Cookbook' and Marco-Pierre White's 'White Heat' for their feel. For… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
Most of us cluster somewhere in the middle of most statistical distributions. But there are lots of bell curves, and pretty much… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
All summer, I read fiction because you must read for the pleasure and beauty of it, and not only for research. I… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It is of immense importance for the understanding of the word of God, to read it in course, so that we may… — George Muller Copy Share Image
Of John Le Carre's books, I've only read 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold,' and I haven't read anything by… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of… — Lisa Scottoline Copy Share Image
i'm in a muddle about a lot of things -- i've just discovered that i've a mind, and i'm starting to read"… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Do I believe in aliens? No. I think there could be. Do I believe in God? No, I think there could be.… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
When I read a script, if I feel it's written with the idea of just bashing other people, then I shy away… — Faran Tahir Copy Share Image
I like to read. I go to movies quite a bit. I often go to see friends in theater productions. I hike,… — Juliet Landau Copy Share Image
