Involved Quote by Dustin Clare

'The Odyssey' is the great tale, and I was really taken by 'The Iliad,' so I dig into those things, and when I was…

— Karl Marlantes

I do quite extensive research for most of my novels.

— Sjon

As grateful as I am to have been a part of a show like 'LA Ink,' I'm ready to end this chapter and want…

— Kat Von D

I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.

— Lasse Hallstrom

I had always been an enthusiastic reader of stuff about ancient Greece. I would read Herodotus and Thucydides just for fun.

— Steven Pressfield

Its really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to…

— Yael Stone

I think reading the novels definitely was a good source for me to study from.

— Laura Vandervoort

I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and…

— Ron Howard

I used to read a lot of Isaac Asimov and Philip Dick and 'Inland Empire's' one of the earlier books I read!

— Eoin Macken

I've always read a lot of sci-fi. When my son was younger, I actually went to a 'Star Trek' convention.

— Blair Brown

I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.

— Alexander McCall Smith

I've done a lot of costume dramas and things that are set in the past, and it's great to be able to have things…

— Sam Heughan