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Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. — Jack Vance
Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters. — Sam Wyly
I read Claire Messud's 'The Emperor's Children,' I read Joseph O'Neill's 'Netherland' - but to me, they're not 9/11 novels. In 'The Emperor's Children,' 9/11… — Amy Waldman
I wish I had more time to read. I do love books. — Carnie Wilson
I like to be with my friends and my family, listen to music and read books. Things like that relax me. — Caroline Wozniacki
Cartoons are not real drawings, because they are drawings intended to be read. — Chris Ware
There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie. — Dick Wolf
You can go to the pictures or read a book, but football constantly comes back into your mind. It's not a job, it's a life.… — Howard Wilkinson
I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from… — Irvine Welsh
It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse.… — Irvine Welsh
If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you. — Jennifer Weiner
I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows… — Jennifer Weiner
When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to… — Jessica Walter
Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of… — Josiah Warren
I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art. — Kristen Wiig
My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of… — Mae Whitman
That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I… — Margaret Whiting
I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up.… — David Yates
If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. That's the whole point. The gloaming has begun. We're… — Thom Yorke
It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, "Read," but a writer can read too… — Alice Munro
Television's not going read stories to you. — Kurt Loder
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My… — Richard Lewis
A reader does not suddenly comprehend what is being read or studied, in a snap, miraculously. Comprehension needs to be worked forged, by those who… — Paulo Freire
You see, I'm a believer in the rhapsodic. I like things that are happy. For no particular reason, I just like them. Most people don't… — Frederick Lenz
We see in meditation that our experiences are endless, that we are endless, eternal spirit, not as a thought or an idea you read in… — Frederick Lenz

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