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I mean, do you really think Paul Krugman is checking his Twitter account every day to read what I write? Of course not. Every other… — Michael Showalter
I knew that if I was going to write a book, I was going to have to read one, too. — Michael Showalter
The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a… — Martin Amis
When I was living in China, I learned to make things hyper-explicit because often they were being read by people whose command of English kept… — James Fallows
Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might… — Michael Morpurgo
When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for the music in… — Michael Morpurgo
When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they… — Michael Morpurgo
With reading, I was very lucky. I had a mother who read to me, not because she had time - she was a busy woman… — Michael Morpurgo
When you read a supernatural suspense story or a ghost story, or a horror story, the evil at play is something that you can dismiss.… — Michael Koryta
Definitely read a quality daily paper regularly, and use the Internet to check out the press around the world as often as you can. — Serge Schmemann
It can be dismaying, all the same, for a novelist to compare the slowness of the writing with the speed of the reading. Novels are… — Graham Swift
Anytime people read my tweets, they hear it in Auto-Tune. — T-Pain
I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves. — Taylor Momsen
For the past few years my fans have made it very clear that they would like to read my novels and revisit my family of… — Wilbur Smith
Real men read my books. — Wilbur Smith
Gym traumaramas can happen to anyone. One time, I brought a packet of papers to read while jogging on the treadmill. Right when I was… — Jenna Ushkowitz
I love reading and I love thinking - the reason that I love my books so much is that in order to write them I… — Philippa Gregory
My first girlfriend broke up with me on a yellow legal pad. After she picked me up from the airport one day, she took out… — Max Winkler
Ever read a book that changed your life? Me neither. — Jim Gaffigan
I never understood the concept of a fluffy summer read. For me, summer reading means beaches, long train rides and layovers in foreign airports. All… — Maria Semple

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