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I'm reading Joe Eszterhas biography; it's fabulous. Every time he made a movie, he fought with the director or the producer over… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
Through reading the scriptures, we can gain the assurance of the Spirit that that which we read has come of God for… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Reading Edmund Morris's 'Colonel Roosevelt' is a rewarding journey, as it must also have been for its author, who concludes his three-volume… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
When you become a comedian a lot of stuff that made you laugh before just stops. You stop watching your old cartoons… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I wasn't a huge fan of the comic book, but I definitely was of the cartoon series. I wasn't much for sitting… — Daniel Cudmore Copy Share Image
In a sense, journalism can be both helpful and detrimental to a writer of fiction because the kind of writing you need… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
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I tend to write three to four hours a day, depending - oftentimes very late at night. When I write on Twitter,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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She became politically conscious thanks to Studs Terkel and the radio. She started reading all the books we brought home from college… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Don't let this Ramadan be just a holiday of rituals. Don't finish reading the Quran without it transforming you. Don't feed your… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
I try and picture you reading this -- there is a sense that as I write I try and get nearer to… — Elise Valmorbida Copy Share Image
The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live:… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
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I am not going to get into it myself, except to say (1) if I am writing "boy fiction," who are all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I'd say I learned by reading the men… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“and he glanced at the backs of the books, with an awakened curiosity that went below the binding. No one who can… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I try to stay far away from all of them. I was tempted to go to my snotty high school reunion, but… — Princess Superstar Copy Share Image
I had a very insightful friend who warned me back when I stopped reading scripts, 'It's easier to change directions while you're… — Debra Winger Copy Share Image
Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. I don't know if you ever played competitive… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
Reading is difficult. People just aren't meant to read anymore. We're in a post-literate age. You know, a visual age. How many… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
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I was reading 'The Mystic Eye' by Sadhguru of Isha Yoga Centre. I couldn't keep the book down and finished it in… — Tanushree Dutta Copy Share Image
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