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I'm writing exactly the kinds of books I like to write. And they're the kinds of books I lik...
JOY FIELDING Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I![]()
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want t...
JACKIE COLLINS I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen...
EMILY PERKINS I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. The...
AMANDA HOCKING![]()
My wife, Lisa, and I both grew up on wuxia - Chinese historical romances. They're kind of analog...
KEN LIU![]()
Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fi...
ANTHONY HOPKINS![]()
And I love to ride my bike, which is great aerobics, but also just a great time for me to think, so ...
ROBIN WILLIAMS![]()
I've met writers who wanted to be writers from the age of six, but I certainly had no feelings l...
ROMESH GUNESEKERA![]()
I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in...
ISABEL ALLENDE I didn't know 'Homeland' was going to be 'Homeland.' I just did it because it wa...
DAMIAN LEWIS![]()
I like both Greek and Egyptian. More Greek stories have survived, so we know more about them. They&#...
RICK RIORDAN I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball a...
JONATHAN FRAKES The most colorful section of a bookstore is the display of SF books, with art by people like Wayne B...
BRUCE BOXLEITNER I was influenced by big, strong voices - writers like Elizabeth Bowen, Virginia Woolf, Jane Bowles; ...
STACEY D'ERASMO![]()
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
CARL HIAASEN I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writ...
IRIS JOHANSEN![]()
I have always liked it, it is still my favorite book. I do not like my writing, but I like this book...
WILLIAM GOLDMAN![]()
All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't s...
LARRY WILMORE I have an old brain but a terrific memory.
AL LEWIS![]()
I'm thrilled I have the opportunity to do the 'Spread' show and have the terrific sponso...
DAVE NAVARRO My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are ...
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE![]()
I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, act...
ELIZABETH GILBERT![]()
I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always o...
B. B. KING![]()
I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I ad...
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ![]()
My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantas...
TED DEKKER I normally don't love green juices, but Body & Eden makes theirs tasty by blending ingredien...
GAYLE KING People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing ...
JOHN HODGMAN![]()
I suppose it's a terrific thing and also a kind of curse as well,
JOHN MADDEN I'm a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts c...
NALO HOPKINSON My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The...
PATTI LUPONE![]()
I really like funny women. I'm drawn to women like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Am...
ZOE FOSTER BLAKE Ideology aside, I think he is a terrific guy, a terrific choice,
JOEL FRIEDMAN![]()
I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
TAYLOR JENKINS REID![]()
I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There ...
ELMORE LEONARD I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time...
VAL MCDERMID I really, really like 'In Rainbows.' But I also really like 'OK Computer' as a sort ...
PHOEBE TONKIN I don't have a favorite author; I have favorite books. 'Moby Dick' is a favorite book, b...
GARY PAULSEN![]()
I felt like my favorite writers have almost musical hooks in their work, whether it's poetry or ...
TAYLOR SWIFT Wouldn't that be something? I think it be a terrific boost for both programs.
DICK BADDOUR![]()
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You lea...
MICHAEL MORPURGO![]()
Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing ...
KHALED HOSSEINI His attitude has been terrific. (Glynn, an assistant captain, and Nanavati) have handled it perfectl...
GARY LINDGREN I think women have such rich emotional lives that they are expressive about. I also think they'r...
DARREN STAR![]()
I binge-watched this show 'Damages.' Glenn Close and Rose Byrne are so good. Lily Tomlin is ...
WINONA RYDER I know they're high school kids, but they don't act like high school kids and to give these kids thi...
KAREN HALL Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like we've both got r...
RUPERT GRINT![]()
'American Playhouse' is very supportive of writers. That's really why writers like to wr...
TERRENCE MCNALLY![]()
I say that glorious prose is a fine and laudable thing, but without an enthralling story, it's j...
JEAN HANFF KORELITZ![]()
Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothin...
MICHIO KAKU Writing a nonfiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once y...
RICH COHEN![]()
The problem with data is that it says a lot, but it also says nothing. 'Big data' is terrifi...
SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN I'm also looking forward to Pat Conroy and Tim O'Brien. They have been some of my favorite writers.
WILLIAM MILLER![]()
I feel like the writers that I'm drawn to, the writers that I really cling to, are the writers w...
SAM SHEPARD People like Bryant Gumbel and Bob Costas are terrific broadcasters because they get challenged every...
JOHN TESH![]()
Naming my favorite books feels like naming a favorite child - impossible.
LIBBA BRAY![]()
I think even great writers only write two books that you might like. When I think of my touchstone w...
ETHAN CANIN Being a consultant is like flying first-class. The food is terrific, the drinks are cold. But all yo...
GREG BRENNEMAN I like how they are. I think they're great. And their communities are communities. I have a greater ...
PETER CAREY Chico's speaks my language. They have terrific accessories, and that really makes your outfit.
JUDY BERKSTRESSER I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and ...
JOHN KEEGAN![]()
Chipotles, which are dried jalapeno peppers, give out a terrific smoky flavour - they're warm, e...
YOTAM OTTOLENGHI![]()
I like my hands. They're certainly scarred up, but they're wormy. They're knuckly. They&...
HILARIE BURTON![]()
When I was a graduate student at the Iowa Writers' Workshop for fiction writing, I felt both cov...
JENNY ZHANG They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would ...
LILLIAN HELLMAN I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the sto...
KATHY REICHS![]()
I read a lot of science fiction and biography - these are my two favorite genres. My favorite scienc...
BRAD FELD People have always heard voices. Sometimes they're called shamans, sometimes they're called ...
RUTH OZEKI![]()
Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, wher...
AIMEE BENDER![]()
Thus far, the only people who can grant you immortality are not scientists, but writers. By writing ...
CHARBEL TADROS![]()
I have these brownies that I make that are just a home run with my family. I make them with almond b...
TIA MOWRY I like the vulnerability, the naked face. And then, of course, I hadn't done a contemporary story in...
BILLE AUGUST There are two worldviews in thriller writing: the paranoid view, like Chuck Logan's, that everyt...
JOHN SANDFORD![]()
I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite...
KEN FOLLETT I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we'r...
DANIEL HANDLER When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporar...
TOM PERROTTA![]()
I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and...
WOODY ALLEN I thought that, post-apartheid, there would be absolutely no interest in South Africa. That has been...
JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT The thrill of doing 'Good People' is I love those kinds of stories, and I'm good at them...
KELLY MASTERSON![]()
I have several books I can read over and over. With fiction, it's 'The Stand' by Stephen...
COREY TAYLOR 'Interview with a Vampire' is my all-time favorite. I also loved 'An American Werewolf i...
NELSAN ELLIS![]()
There are also books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the...
STEPHEN KING My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also...
HALEY JOEL OSMENT![]()
During rehearsals I am confronted by things very mysterious. I have terrific fights with inner demon...
JEANNE MOREAU![]()
I like to read fiction, and I particularly enjoy reading young adult fiction. But I also read childr...
JAMES HOWE
JOY FIELDING Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want t... JACKIE COLLINS I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen...
EMILY PERKINS I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. The...
AMANDA HOCKING
My wife, Lisa, and I both grew up on wuxia - Chinese historical romances. They're kind of analog... KEN LIU
Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fi... ANTHONY HOPKINS
And I love to ride my bike, which is great aerobics, but also just a great time for me to think, so ... ROBIN WILLIAMS
I've met writers who wanted to be writers from the age of six, but I certainly had no feelings l... ROMESH GUNESEKERA
I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in... ISABEL ALLENDE I didn't know 'Homeland' was going to be 'Homeland.' I just did it because it wa...
DAMIAN LEWIS
I like both Greek and Egyptian. More Greek stories have survived, so we know more about them. They&#... RICK RIORDAN I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball a...
JONATHAN FRAKES The most colorful section of a bookstore is the display of SF books, with art by people like Wayne B...
BRUCE BOXLEITNER I was influenced by big, strong voices - writers like Elizabeth Bowen, Virginia Woolf, Jane Bowles; ...
STACEY D'ERASMO
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story. CARL HIAASEN I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writ...
IRIS JOHANSEN
I have always liked it, it is still my favorite book. I do not like my writing, but I like this book... WILLIAM GOLDMAN
All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't s... LARRY WILMORE I have an old brain but a terrific memory.
AL LEWIS
I'm thrilled I have the opportunity to do the 'Spread' show and have the terrific sponso... DAVE NAVARRO My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are ...
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, act... ELIZABETH GILBERT
I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always o... B. B. KING
I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I ad... NAGUIB MAHFOUZ
My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantas... TED DEKKER I normally don't love green juices, but Body & Eden makes theirs tasty by blending ingredien...
GAYLE KING People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing ...
JOHN HODGMAN
I suppose it's a terrific thing and also a kind of curse as well, JOHN MADDEN I'm a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts c...
NALO HOPKINSON My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The...
PATTI LUPONE
I really like funny women. I'm drawn to women like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Am... ZOE FOSTER BLAKE Ideology aside, I think he is a terrific guy, a terrific choice,
JOEL FRIEDMAN
I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each. TAYLOR JENKINS REID
I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There ... ELMORE LEONARD I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time...
VAL MCDERMID I really, really like 'In Rainbows.' But I also really like 'OK Computer' as a sort ...
PHOEBE TONKIN I don't have a favorite author; I have favorite books. 'Moby Dick' is a favorite book, b...
GARY PAULSEN
I felt like my favorite writers have almost musical hooks in their work, whether it's poetry or ... TAYLOR SWIFT Wouldn't that be something? I think it be a terrific boost for both programs.
DICK BADDOUR
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You lea... MICHAEL MORPURGO
Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing ... KHALED HOSSEINI His attitude has been terrific. (Glynn, an assistant captain, and Nanavati) have handled it perfectl...
GARY LINDGREN I think women have such rich emotional lives that they are expressive about. I also think they'r...
DARREN STAR
I binge-watched this show 'Damages.' Glenn Close and Rose Byrne are so good. Lily Tomlin is ... WINONA RYDER I know they're high school kids, but they don't act like high school kids and to give these kids thi...
KAREN HALL Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like we've both got r...
RUPERT GRINT
'American Playhouse' is very supportive of writers. That's really why writers like to wr... TERRENCE MCNALLY
I say that glorious prose is a fine and laudable thing, but without an enthralling story, it's j... JEAN HANFF KORELITZ
Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothin... MICHIO KAKU Writing a nonfiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once y...
RICH COHEN
The problem with data is that it says a lot, but it also says nothing. 'Big data' is terrifi... SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN I'm also looking forward to Pat Conroy and Tim O'Brien. They have been some of my favorite writers.
WILLIAM MILLER
I feel like the writers that I'm drawn to, the writers that I really cling to, are the writers w... SAM SHEPARD People like Bryant Gumbel and Bob Costas are terrific broadcasters because they get challenged every...
JOHN TESH
Naming my favorite books feels like naming a favorite child - impossible. LIBBA BRAY
I think even great writers only write two books that you might like. When I think of my touchstone w... ETHAN CANIN Being a consultant is like flying first-class. The food is terrific, the drinks are cold. But all yo...
GREG BRENNEMAN I like how they are. I think they're great. And their communities are communities. I have a greater ...
PETER CAREY Chico's speaks my language. They have terrific accessories, and that really makes your outfit.
JUDY BERKSTRESSER I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and ...
JOHN KEEGAN
Chipotles, which are dried jalapeno peppers, give out a terrific smoky flavour - they're warm, e... YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
I like my hands. They're certainly scarred up, but they're wormy. They're knuckly. They&... HILARIE BURTON
When I was a graduate student at the Iowa Writers' Workshop for fiction writing, I felt both cov... JENNY ZHANG They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would ...
LILLIAN HELLMAN I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the sto...
KATHY REICHS
I read a lot of science fiction and biography - these are my two favorite genres. My favorite scienc... BRAD FELD People have always heard voices. Sometimes they're called shamans, sometimes they're called ...
RUTH OZEKI
Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, wher... AIMEE BENDER
Thus far, the only people who can grant you immortality are not scientists, but writers. By writing ... CHARBEL TADROS
I have these brownies that I make that are just a home run with my family. I make them with almond b... TIA MOWRY I like the vulnerability, the naked face. And then, of course, I hadn't done a contemporary story in...
BILLE AUGUST There are two worldviews in thriller writing: the paranoid view, like Chuck Logan's, that everyt...
JOHN SANDFORD
I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite... KEN FOLLETT I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we'r...
DANIEL HANDLER When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporar...
TOM PERROTTA
I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and... WOODY ALLEN I thought that, post-apartheid, there would be absolutely no interest in South Africa. That has been...
JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT The thrill of doing 'Good People' is I love those kinds of stories, and I'm good at them...
KELLY MASTERSON
I have several books I can read over and over. With fiction, it's 'The Stand' by Stephen... COREY TAYLOR 'Interview with a Vampire' is my all-time favorite. I also loved 'An American Werewolf i...
NELSAN ELLIS
There are also books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the... STEPHEN KING My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also...
HALEY JOEL OSMENT
During rehearsals I am confronted by things very mysterious. I have terrific fights with inner demon... JEANNE MOREAU
I like to read fiction, and I particularly enjoy reading young adult fiction. But I also read childr... JAMES HOWE
The only way to get vegetables at a diner late night is to order the omelette. A feta cheese and bro... 
I like to browse in Cartier, Chanel and Gucci and if something special grabs my eye I splash out. 
I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles... 
Your children are the greatest gift God will give to you, and their souls the heaviest responsibilit... 
Surely you would have expected no less of a Roma. We take what we want. If a Roma desires a woman, h... 
A pity that she gets so upset about little things, isn't it?"
We hug, but there are no tears. For every awful thing that's been said and done, she is my sister. P... 
Was it hard?" I ask.
When you meet someone so different from yourself, in a good way, you don't even have to kiss to have... 
When you can inspire a muse, you've got it going on. 
Vegard and Riston's job today was to guard and protect me. And considering that I was in a tower roo... 
Cabel gives her a quizzical look. "I am totally not getting enough attention here. 
A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a b... 
That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you... 
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. 
There are so many kids in this world, and in this country, that need homes. And so we're perfect... 
Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods... 
By learning about my body and making small, subtle changes, I find out what I enjoy and what is effe... 
You have principles. You test them as accurately as you can. Eventually, they might break down. 
On long haul flights I always drink loads and loads of water and eat light and healthy food. 
I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We l... 
When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie? 
There's something about childhood friends that you just can't replace. 
There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white. 
I honestly never had the biological need to reproduce until I met my husband. But by the same token,... 
Dear Deborah,
People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up... 
Physicists are interested in measuring neutrino properties because they tell us about the structure ... 
I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, ... 
I grab
People who dismiss science in favor of religion sometimes confuse the challenge of rigorously unders... 
There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and ... 