Anna Quote by Bruce Springsteen

The first book that really knocked me out was the 'Brothers Karamazov.' I read it when I was a senior in high school.

— Robert Hass

I went through a whole phase when I was younger of being obsessed with Tolstoy and Kafka and Camus, all those really, beautiful, dark…

— Jessica Pare

As a kid, I couldn't articulate it but I sought out things that could. At first it was horror films - extreme panic and…

— Tony Burgess

I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary…

— Corey Taylor

There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moments like that really did impact on me…

— Kenny Ortega

One of the stories that really impressed me was 'Anna Karenina.' As a novel, that made an impression on me, showing me what the…

— Elif Batuman

When I was growing up, 'Anna Karenina' was one of my favourite books.

— Paullina Simons

The thing that attracted me the most was comedy acting and people like Catherine Tate and Olivia Colman; people doing funny voices and accents.

— Lolly Adefope

When I saw 'subUrbia' on stage, I started having those feelings inside me. I saw it as a film, and I felt I knew…

— Richard Linklater

I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.

— Dani Shapiro

To me I grew up watching 'All That Jazz' and 'Cabaret,' and when I was younger 'Mary Poppins',' The Sound Of Music,' and 'Singin'…

— Michael Gracey

I was obsessed with 'The Twilight Zone' as a kid, and one of those things I didn't realize until I was in college was…

— Michael Giacchino