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I've read plenty of amazing science pieces where the writers don't hang out in labs. I just have fun doing it. And I get rewarded… — Mary Roach
I have friends come over and we read plays out loud and I make paintings and I just do things all the time just so… — Nikki Reed
When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who have read the… — Nikki Reed
I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure. — Nora Roberts
I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres. — Nora Roberts
I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing… — Ron Rash
I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think, more… — Ron Rash
When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We… — Sam Raimi
A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book. — Ali Smith
We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after reading it just… — Ali Smith
I'm blessed in my good friends, and some of them happen to be writers, though that's almost never what our friendships are about. And every… — Ali Smith
I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no water, and they're the ones that survive. But… — Ben Silbermann
I look around my neighborhood, and I see people hailing a cab or ordering their food and then paying for it all with their phone.… — Ben Silbermann
Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How… — Brandon Sanderson
When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book… — Brandon Sanderson
I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen.… — Brian Selznick
Once I was in a cafe in Portland and the woman at the next table and I began chatting and in the course of our… — Cheryl Strayed
I'm a writer because I love reading. I love the conversation between a reader and a writer, and that it all takes place in a… — Garth Stein
I don't read blogs, I don't have MySpace, I don't have Facebook or Twitter - none of that. — Jessica Szohr
To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous… — Leslie Marmon Silko
While it has been hurtful to my family and me to read constantly in the media that I was under investigation, I am pleased that… — Peter Slipper
Write the best book you possibly can, then dedicate yourself to getting people to read it. — J.A. Konrath
I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to… — Chad Smith
You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read. — Christina Hoff Sommers
You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books.… — Cristina Saralegui

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