Books Quote by Michael Caine Download Open image “I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.” — Michael Caine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Careful Careful Let Influence Let Read Like Mad Mad Mad Careful Read Influence Writer
Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I'm really not responsible for what mental operation people have when they're reading my books other than the ones which are created by literary… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share Image
My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing. — Diana Vreeland Copy Share Image
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
I've taken a certain a pride in all of my books. They devour so much time and energy that you have to engage deeply… — Catherine Mayer Copy Share Image
I can't imagine turning into one of those codgers who no longer reads fiction. I'm regularly stirred by it and suffer no anxiety of… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I can say without doubt, that reading has had a huge influence on my life. — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
I write books to influence people I will never meet. Books increase my audience and my message. — Les Parrott Copy Share Image
The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My life has been greatly influenced by many books which I have never read. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
“Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.” — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year,… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
