I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly true in my case. I re-read Pound a great deal, I re-read Williams, I re-read Thomas, I re-read the people whom I cam to love when I was at what you might call a formative stage.
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Related Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you ... FRANçOIS MAURIAC I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often. RACHEL KUSHNER Where I come from you're not raised to think on your own. It's not that you're pushed to... ABEL FERRARA People read vampire novels and say, 'Oh I want to read another vampire novel.' People read f... DAVID LEVITHAN I've done both theatre and film and the fact is if you start believing, if you start reading thi... JENNY AGUTTER I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.' IAN MCKELLEN I'm reading Sebastian Faulks's 'Birdsong' at the moment. I read it when I was younge... ELIZA DOOLITTLE I'm trying to make the poems as musical as I can - from the inception. So that whether they'... AMIRI BARAKA I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewe... JOHN GREEN People read stuff over your shoulder when you're in public, and when you write the kind of stuff... CHELSEA CAIN Comedy doesn't makes your IQ higher.... ... Read Science... and don't re-read ... DEYTH BANGER Read, re-read! Every word you read is a food for thy soul! LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I think people should read fairy tales, because we're hungry for a mythology that will speak to ... SANDRA CISNEROS I'm not terribly well read. My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I&... PETER CAPALDI I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get... KIM CATTRALL I'm writing exactly the kinds of books I like to write. And they're the kinds of books I lik... JOY FIELDING If you're going to have more than one person read your book, they're going to have totally d... DIANA GABALDON It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, th... LIANE MORIARTY I read that when cats are cuddling and kneading you, and you think it's cute, they're really... KANDYSE MCCLURE If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re... WILLIAM SAFIRE If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re... WILLIAM SAFIRE I don't read reviews. I find them very distracting, whether they're good or bad. EVE BEST But to this day - I'm very literate now, I love to read, I read constantly - words don't res... LANCE HENRIKSEN Usually, when I read something, I'm looking for the story first. And then, when I re-read it, I ... GUS VAN SANT If you start believing all that press about you, you're in trouble. I don't even read my rev... OSCAR HIJUELOS The funniest thing is I never understood why actors were so shady about who they're dating. Then... EMILY MEADE In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has ... CAROLINE KENNEDY I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems b... JESSYE NORMAN I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the per... THOMAS MALLON As an audience member, I live vicariously through the characters I watch or read about. There's ... JAMES BADGE DALE There's only one common element that united every writer I've admired... they're all inc... STEVE TOLTZ I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like th... TOM ARAYA I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all... JOHN GOULD I try not to read the blogs or what people say about me. Because that's what brings everybody do... VANESSA HUDGENS I don't think many people have ever read the report. Who has read 26 volumes of this case? How m... JOHN SHERMAN COOPER I read the 'New York Times', I read 'The Nation', I read 'Newsweek', I read ... JOY BEHAR Read everything! Don't just read things that are in your comfort zone or things that you think y... CASSANDRA CLARE A lot of the stories I've read about myself, I don't even recognize who they're writing ... SACHEEN LITTLEFEATHER I worked privately, and sometimes I feel that might be better for poets than the kind of social work... MARY OLIVER I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movi... AMANDA DONOHOE Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids ... LOIS LOWRY I read my sister's diary when I was 7. She was, I think, 13. It was awful to read it. JACK GLEESON I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand peop... ANN HOOD I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader.... WALTER DEAN MYERS I love science fiction, and one of the things I love about it is that it's so very different. Yo... ANN LECKIE When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to s... VINCE FLYNN There isn't a book that has changed me, but I have favourites such as 'Pride and Prejudice... CAROLINA HERRERA If you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Re... TERRY PRATCHETT It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpr... MIKE TYSON It's interesting because Swedes subtitle everything, so they're so used to it. When my wife ... GREG POEHLER I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then... JACKIE COLLINS I think books that are meant to be read in the nighttime ought to confront the very fears that we... DANIEL HANDLER I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and... NORTON JUSTER My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we h... GALE GORDON I read a lot of thrillers because they're easy reading and I'm not a great flier. They take ... GEORGINA CHAPMAN I think everyone is introduced to the Peter Pan story when they're very young. Everyone has read... CHARLIE ROWE I'm still very much in the apprentice stage of writing. I read somewhere that you need to write ... TANA FRENCH I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read, ... They read 'Vanity Fair' and then conside... JACKIE COLLINS When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you'... TAYLOR KITSCH I think a lot of parents who are smart, well-read - they're the ones who are choosing not to vac... SEAN DUFFY I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you... MAEVE BINCHY I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well. KURT COBAIN If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times, and their parents are g... MARK HADDON I usually don't read things written about me and I certainly don't read things if they are inappropr... HELEN HUNT When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, f... MADISON PETTIS I love to read, and I love Martina Cole. ABBEY CLANCY I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much abou... TOM STOPPARD When you read something, and especially when you're reading compellingly great, that becomes par... DAVID FERRY I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they... FRANCESCA ANNIS Every time you read an interview with a supermodel, they're always like, 'Oh, I was a such n... MOBY If you read the history of the national Socialist party, they're all people who felt like life s... ALAN FURST If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that ofte... MARK HADDON Like most people, I read 'Julius Caesar' in middle school and I thought it was the most boring and a... BRIAN CROWE When I was 17 or 18 I wanted to become a wine expert, and my parents wouldn't let me drink. So I... GARY VAYNERCHUK Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approv... ZACH WOODS Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bi... LAMAR ODOM I never had a favourite book! I liked all kinds of things - science fiction, so I read Heinlen and R... REBECCA STEAD I love making people happy and I think I'm basically a good person ...despite what you might read ab... DUFF MCKAGAN I've never been good at getting on people's nerves, and from the little quotes I read, it... ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD If you haven't read 'In The Morning I'll Be Gone', I reckon it's a pretty good p... ADRIAN MCKINTY I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your ... WALTER DEAN MYERS I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world. V. S. NAIPAUL We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow re... LARRY PAGE I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no... BEN SILBERMANN I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it d... GEORGE CARLIN Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read... KEVIN J. ANDERSON Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read.... GABRIELLE ZEVIN I learned to read at two. I was in a Montessori school and they teach you to read really, really you... DAKOTA FANNING I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to sa... DAVID BOWIE I don't want to know about my biggest idols. I don't want to read their autobiographies, I d... MEG WHITE I think both teams are going to be out to prove who?s really the top dog. If I was to read into it a... BRIAN MCCLOSKEY I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them,... KATE MORTON Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are ... JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read. PATRICIA MACLACHLAN When you can't read or write at 14 or 15, in most cases you're headed for trouble, and troub... BOB BEAMON I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all. I think I'... JOHN GOULD It's interesting to re-read the book as an adult. Most people read it in high school, but different ... HILERY WALKER I am not read well, but when I do read, I read well KURT COBAIN I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages ... JESSYE NORMAN Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South A... WILBUR SMITH
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JAMES DEAN To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to ... JAMES DEAN Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated. JAMES DEAN The only greatness for man is immortality. JAMES DEAN An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences li... JAMES DEAN I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And... JAMES DEAN I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day. JAMES DEAN Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things ... JAMES DEAN I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't w... JAMES DEAN I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is end... JAMES DEAN The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen. JAMES DEAN Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and im... JAMES DEAN There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning. JAMES DEAN The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results. JAMES DEAN You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you'... JAMES DEAN Racing is the only time I feel whole. JAMES DEAN Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life... JAMES DEAN I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ... JAMES DEAN Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. KEVIN JAMES The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why... JAMES WOODS I've done a lot of work in the gym preparing myself for what is certain to be pretty strenuous p... 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