I'm quite nosy. Somebody will be reading a book on a train, and I'll go: 'How is it? Is it any good?' and they'll be like, 'Yeah, now let me read it.'
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MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo...
PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only...
RICK RIORDAN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ...
RICK RIORDAN Alas, I think I am becoming a god.
TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.
LUCAN Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way."
"Funny name for an aircraft...
GORDON KORMAN Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take...
SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.
SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.
SENECA I'll read any anthologies or collection I can get my hands on. If I find a book mentioned in ...
ELLEN DATLOW I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire....
VANCE JOY Stage fright is not a thing about 'Am I any good?' It's about 'Am I gonna be good to...
GREGG ALLMAN When I read period material - and it ain't on Google - I am always alert for that one incredible...
ALAN FURST I used to be a retailer, and I find it discouraging when somebody comes in and they pick something u...
MICHAEL ENZI I don't really know how my family and friends will react to seeing me on screen in a cinema. I...
BEN HARDY I'll read a recipe but then decide, 'Well, it's sort of like this, then.' Or I'l...
TAMSIN GREIG I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird.
EDIE CAMPBELL Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read....
GABRIELLE ZEVIN I think it'll be an emotional day. It'll be exciting for me, mostly it'll be exciting fo...
LATRELL SPREWELL Sometimes when I pick up a book off the shelf, when I'm buying a new book to read, I'll look...
JENNIFER CARPENTER I've never read a book or attended a class on screenwriting. I'm not opposed to the idea, bu...
WENTWORTH MILLER I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Everybody asks, 'How do you do it?' And I'm like, 'Well, I'm recurring on both s...
RENA SOFER I'm not a very fancy person. I've been a writer a long time, and right now 'The Hunger G...
SUZANNE COLLINS I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one...
MATT DALLAS If it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I...
GEORGE BURNS I'm focused on the work. And now I've done 'Morris' and 'Mr. Robot,' my appe...
CRAIG ROBINSON If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place a...
MARTIN LAWRENCE I'll post a video, and it might get 10,000 comments, and I'll scroll through and they'll...
ZOE SUGG I tell people I'm on a diet. If somebody sees me with a muffin, they'll think I'm off my...
STEPHEN FURST I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my ...
GEORGES ST-PIERRE I don't despise 'Don Quixote,' but it is a book I don't... get. I'll have to com...
HELEN OYEYEMI I'll watch a Pixar movie over and over and over again. I'll be with friends of mine who have...
ZACHARY LEVI I'll often get obsessed with something for about three days, and I'll be utterly into it, an...
ED GAMBLE We'll all die out eventually. Humans will be gone. And all I'm saying is, when people worry ...
KARL PILKINGTON Some days I'll be like, 'I didn't do anything great today,' and I'll be bummed. ...
JESSICA WILLIAMS If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll alway...
DAVID DUCHOVNY Confidence is not, 'They will like me'. Confidence instead is, 'I'll be fine if they...
CHRISTINA GRIMMIE I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato...
ISAIAH WASHINGTON I can be stressed, or tired, and I can go into a meditation and it all just flows off of me. I'l...
RAY DALIO I don't know how long I'll be competing, but I'll always be surfing. I'll be surfing...
BETHANY HAMILTON A lot of artists go in the studio and say, 'OK, whaddaya want me to do? Is it gonna be a hit? I&...
B.O.B If I'm ever having a good time, I'll write about it so I'll remember it.
BRANTLEY GILBERT All I really want to do is things I haven't done. 'I'm gonna put a paper bag on my head ...
SIA I will go running when I'm stressed out. The running helps, but more than anything, I'll put...
GAYLE FORMAN Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, 'How do we get to...
JOHN LOGAN I think that connection with humans is so important. Sometimes I'll do this monologue and talk t...
CHET FAKER I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When...
GABRIELLE UNION Sometimes people think I'm sort of a Machiavelli who is thinking, 'How can I disarm people? ...
LOUIS THEROUX I'm a small-town girl, and it'll never be beaten out of me.
ERICA DURANCE If somebody says to me, 'Oh, you're gonna get married and you'll never be attracted to a...
SEAN YOUNG I will never wear something I'm not comfortable in, and if I do, you'll see it in my face, a...
ALIA BHATT I'm not a big TV guy, but I love either 'Auction Hunters' or those repo shows on truTV. ...
ERIC CHURCH La vida es un regalo diario. Valóralo. Al final, lo que importa no son los años de vida, sino la v...
PAOLA CALASANZ ''DULCINEA'' I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working ...
MAYA ANGELOU My parents have Google Alerts on me. So they'll often times send me an e-mail and be like, '...
DANE DEHAAN It's important to see how people see your work and how they feel about it. I know a lot of direc...
XAVIER DOLAN I wanted to be a marine biologist my whole life until I graduated high school. And even now, I'm...
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DENISE RICHARDS When I see kids standing next to their mothers at book signings, clutching a copy of 'Forever,...
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NATE DIAZ I'm not ready to be a woman yet, I'd like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I'll lik...
VANESSA MARCIL I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'...
JOSH RADNOR I read the 'Deadpool' series back in the '90s. I'm not, like, a huge comic book read...
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NORM MACDONALD Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it...
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EDDIE MURPHY I'm a very honest person, and I'm quite emotional for a man. If I want to say something, I...
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TAVI GEVINSON I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems b...
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ROSIE PEREZ I'll look through 'Us Weekly' and I'll see a picture of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Annis...
MOBY I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that....
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