Activist Quote by Barry McGee

I read so ravenously that I would read through whole categories. I was crazy about reading biographies. [...] I think biographies are very urgent…

— Joan Didion

There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to…

— Julius Erving

Now that I'm taking some time off from school, I've been reading a lot to make sure I don't forget everything. It's mostly classics…

— Fred Savage

When I was growing up, I read Britney Spears' and Mariah Carey's biographies. I just wanted to see how they did it because I…

— Pixie Lott

I like reading biographies because most of them are slightly similar, and it's voyeuristic, looking into someone's life.

— Courtney Barnett

In my downtime, you'll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai Lama, Osama…

— Madhur Bhandarkar

I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be anything from…

— Ashwin Sanghi

When I read biographies, I skip the first thirty pages about the childhood because it doesn't seem interesting to me.

— Michael Ondaatje

My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that.

— Nina Blackwood

I read everything, but generally more fact than fiction - especially autobiographies and biographies. I've read 'Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela at…

— Richard Branson

I do read a lot of autobiographies and biographies but from people who are not in my field - older women, older artists, Miles…

— Viv Albertine

I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for…

— Malala Yousafzai