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I read the newspaper, but I live in my own little bubble. — Ira Glass
Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to read… — S E Hinton
I have been attacked in Turkey more for my interviews than for my books. Political polemicists and columnists do not read novels there. — Orhan Pamuk
When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57… — Orhan Pamuk
It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress of the human… — Samuel Freeman Miller
No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention… — Samuel Freeman Miller
In one sense, the stories I read betrayed me. Too few gave me back my mirror image. Fewer still spoke to, or acknowledged, the existence… — Nikki Grimes
All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired. — Cynthia Voigt
In the Seventies, my children played in the street, read politically incorrect stories, ate home-cooked food and occasional junk and, yes, were sometimes smacked. — Laurie Graham
My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals. — Betsy Byars
Stories develop from things I read and also from my own experiences and experiences of people I know. — William Sleator
Growing new limbs, copying internal organs like a Xerox machine, exponential increases in computing power, better eyes and ears - I could read stories like… — S. Jay Olshansky
My rule of writing is that no one can do what you can do, so jealousy or competitiveness are pointless. I am always happy when… — Hallie Ephron
At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I knew were born and raised… — Edward P. Jones
Read everything! I believe that reading made me a writer. — Ann Packer
Presidents and prime ministers, whether they live in the rich or the poor world, are insulated and isolated from the devastating impact of global poverty.… — Jonathan Dimbleby
I never read comic books as a kid. — Al Jourgensen
In Vancouver, in Sydney and in Orange County, we live among fluorescent stores and streets so brightly lit that you can read a book after… — Pico Iyer
Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language. — Gary Johnson
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural… — Adam Hamilton

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