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Related I actually don't read comic books. I did when I was a kid - I used to read a lot of 'X-Men&#... CHARLYNE YI JOHN GREEN I didn't read children's books when I was a child. The only books in our house were ration b... MICHAEL FOREMAN I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX COREY TAYLOR CONOR MCGREGOR My grandfather read the 'John Carter of Mars' books to me when I was young. DARYL SABARA Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents... NATHAN FILLION Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH One of the very first serious books I read when I was growing up was 'Atlas Shrugged.' MIKE POMPEO I've only cried at one book, but I'm too embarrassed to tell you which. It wasn't terrib... REBECCA MAKKAI ELON MUSK I don't read books. 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SHERMAN ALEXIE PETER CAPALDI I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read chil... HENNING MANKELL HOWARD SHORE I read the 'New York Times', I read 'The Nation', I read 'Newsweek', I read ... JOY BEHAR KIM YOUNG-HA I never read reviews - I never have. I've never read message boards, either. I'm just not in... KATE LEVERING I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher... DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS NINA DOBREV 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 JOHN THUNE I would love to be in 'The Hunger Games.' I'm one of the few people who haven't read... CASSI THOMSON I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city. BENNIE THOMPSON JOHN LE CARRE ISABEL ALLENDE My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.... 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DENIS O'HARE PETE WENTZ About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN CHARLIE KAUFMAN ANDY SERKIS TERRY PRATCHETT THOMAS MALLON PHILIP YANCEY RICHARD BRANSON While the books I read as a child lacked diversity in the strict sense, they didn't lack values.... JEWELL PARKER RHODES I've read the poker books, but at this point, everybody who's playing has read the poker boo... IRA GLASS FRAN TARKENTON I think the reason I'm a writer is because first, I was a reader. I loved to read. I read a lot ... ANDREW CLEMENTS JOSEPH HELLER DOROTHY ALLISON TOM ROBBINS I would ask, 'Have you read '1984'? Have you read 'Brave New World'? If so, I... CARRIE VAUGHN I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy ... ALAN DAVIES I was a huge fan of 'Game Of Thrones.' I hadn't read the books but had watched the serie... NATHALIE EMMANUEL Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, 'How do we get to... JOHN LOGAN I have an existential crisis every time I walk into a bookshop, knowing that I'm not going to re... TALULAH RILEY When you have an iPad and 75 books on it, it's so easy to go, 'I'm bored, I'm just g... EDDIE KAYE THOMAS FRANK DEFORD GUNTHER SCHULLER I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thoug... DICK CAVETT KEVIN KWAN ABRAHAM LINCOLN IMAN RICHARD K. MORGAN AMY TAN I've read everything that Isaac Asimov ever wrote, for a start. I'm massively into my fantas... ROBERT KAZINSKY I went on a Buddha jag. I read 'Confession of a Buddhist Atheist' by Stephen Batchelor and K... DENIS O'HARE I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read the... GAIL Z. MARTIN Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmo... HARI KUNZRU I'm a professional non-fiction reader, that's what I do. But in my 20s we had our own vampir... DEBORAH HARKNESS My only dream is to get old and finally have time to read all the books that I'm collecting. GIANNI VERSACE
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