I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
Sometimes I read that I'm not 100 per cent Chinese, because I don't look all that Chinese. That's a strange one -… — Godfrey Gao Copy Share Image
Chopper Read attended a writing school I gave for inmates at Risdon Prison in Hobart many years ago. Even if I hadn't… — Garry Disher Copy Share Image
I mainly read histories and biographies, but I'm also a big fan of Graham Swift and Thomas Hardy. — Ben Elliot Copy Share Image
By now, it seems as if everyone has already read Thomas L. Friedman's 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
It's hard to write when you think every sentence is going to be read by a million kids. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I'm quite reflective - I listen to music, I read, I walk with Django. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours. — John Hope Copy Share Image
I find myself more and more behind these days. You have to be really diligent. I don't have kids, which helps. I'm… — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
Epigenetics doesn't change the genetic code, it changes how that's read. Perfectly normal genes can result in cancer or death. Vice-versa, in… — Bruce Lipton 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
Kellie Overbey gave me this play called 'Girl Talk.' I read it and totally fell in love with the characters. I told… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
I'd actually read the 'Twilight' books and seen the movies, and I was a fan. — Judi Shekoni Copy Share Image
If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
Madam Chief Minister' is one of the most exciting scripts I have read and it possessed me. — Richa Chadha Copy Share Image
The views I have, the books I write, are read as political, or even as manifestos. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
My ideal vacation isn't about complex maneuvers. I want to arrive somewhere foreign where I don't speak the language, go hiking, then… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My… — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
