I never had a favourite book! I liked all kinds of things - science fiction, so I read Heinlen and Ray Bradbury, and I also liked reading about kids like myself, so I read Judy Blume and Norma Klein and Paula Danzinger and a lot of other writers. I also read James Herriot!
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Related I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making reali... MADHUR BHANDARKAR I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right a... JAMES PATTERSON I like to read fiction, and I particularly enjoy reading young adult fiction. But I also read childr... JAMES HOWE Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow. ALISON BECHDEL I read a lot of science fiction and biography - these are my two favorite genres. My favorite scienc... BRAD FELD I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science ... JOHN UPDIKE I don't read for amusement, I read for enlightenment. I do a lot of reviewing, so I have a stead... JOYCE CAROL OATES I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read q... JOHN HUME When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves. TERRY PRATCHETT I like science fiction and I read it a lot - if I were a collector, I would bid for his works, DAVID ANDERSON I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more ... GARDNER DOZOIS I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all. JACK VANCE I don't read much fiction because I already read a lot of scripts, so I want to learn about the ... KIRBY BLISS BLANTON I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chantin... LEONARD COHEN It was actually Peter's idea that I should make the film. He called me in the very beginning, and I ... BILLE AUGUST I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. Bu... CARL SANDBURG I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing resea... MICHIO KAKU 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 read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's... RITA RUDNER I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fict... KATE ADIE I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influ... BARRY EISLER I read everything. When I say everything, I read everything: children's literature, Y.A., scienc... JESMYN WARD It was actually Peter's idea that I should make the film. He called me in the very beginning, an... BILLE AUGUST In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting... JUDY BLUME My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm... JACK PRELUTSKY The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of th... ANATOLE BROYARD I always read a lot as a kid and I'd spend long periods of time in my room reading... I wasn'... MICHAEL RIEDEL I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly true in m... JAMES LAUGHLIN I read a lot of science fiction, but I also mixed it up with a lot of other genres: crime, literary ... ADAM CHRISTOPHER I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower. LORDE I definitely want to act and I want to sing. If those two fall through, I want to become a writer, p... CASSIE STEELE Since I've had kids I haven't read a huge lot of classics. I've been too busy. It now takes me about... GARY SINISE My earliest memories of music are probably my dad listening to a bunch of outlaw country, but also o... CHRIS STAPLETON I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, ... ANDY MURRAY I'm still a bit of a reading glutton, I think, because I browse, read a bit of the back copy, fl... JESMYN WARD Our audience is all the girls who made Britney a huge star. Those are the girls who bought the book.... VIRGINIA MADSEN She'd obviously read the book many times before, and so she read flawlessly and confidently, and I c... JOHN GREEN I did a lot of studying of great writers. I read that Hemingway rewrote 'The Sun Also Rises'... MARV LEVY I read the three 'Hunger Games' books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote ... BIRDY I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, an... GARY COLEMAN I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems b... JESSYE NORMAN I don't read Science Fiction. BRENT SPINER I had to read it for home school. It is sort of a mystery, and it was so detailed. I like books like... CAROLINE LELAND My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I fee... A.J. JACOBS The saddest thing about myself is that I never read a book. I never got the habit. ANTHONY NEWLEY My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 ye... TERRY PRATCHETT I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending... GRACIE ALLEN For me, any book I'm writing is also a chance to get in and research and read and learn things t... TAD WILLIAMS I would ask, 'Have you read '1984'? Have you read 'Brave New World'? If so, I... CARRIE VAUGHN I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism... GARY COLEMAN I read secular fiction, but also enjoy novels with a Christian worldview. RANDY ALCORN 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 A person, for example, reads in adulthood a book that is important for him, and it makes him say, "H... ITALO CALVINO Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness. TOM DELONGE You've done so many things and read so many books. Do you still believe in happy endings?" "Oh... KAREN JOY FOWLER I read comics and I did science, and never really put them together until I accidentally found mysel... RANDALL MUNROE But usually, I watched Linda read. I couldn't believe she'd read so much in summer! Sometimes she la... ALEX FLINN Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. ANNE BRONTë I read of the Kalamazoo girl who killed herself after reading the book. I am not at all surprised. S... MARY MACLANE The underlying message of redemption in James Frey's memoir still resonates with me and I know it re... OPRAH WINFREY I gathered as much reading material about Aung San Suu Kyi and about Burma as I could. And I read ev... MICHELLE YEOH I read H.P. Lovecraft. I also like Sword and Sorcery stuff, Arthurian legend. BRUCE BOXLEITNER GoodReads is fabulous fun, so interesting, so useful ... and the best reviewers are so loving and il... WILLIAM DONELSON I couldn't believe they were going to let us read something like that. At first, I didn't want to re... CANDICE WILLIAMS I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dicti... RON RASH I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired,... ANITA BROOKNER I was so sad to read recently that 32 percent of fourth- graders say they never read a book for plea... BARBARA BUSH I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I'... NICHOLAS SPARKS Les Miserables. I never read the book before, but when I read this script it was so outstanding, so ... BILLE AUGUST When I first read his work, I almost thought it was some kind of parody by a famous white writer, be... SHERMAN ALEXIE It is now my favourite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another bo... STEPHEN CHBOSKY When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I've found... LOUISE BROWN Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, ... MAGDI YACOUB If we finished our work, the teacher would say, 'Now don't read ahead.' But sometimes I hid the book... BEVERLY CLEARY I didn't care for most of the books I was being asked to read in school. I started reading like ... JAMES PATTERSON I believe that the phrase ‘obligatory reading’ is a contradiction in terms; reading should not b... JORGE LUIS BORGES I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more exci... JOHNNY CASH I didn't watch a lot of American television growing up. I just liked to read a lot and watch mov... JOSS WHEDON As a child I always had a sense of social conditions and political situations. I think it had to do ... TRACY CHAPMAN I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it a... ED OXENBOULD Why do I read? I just can't help myself. I read to learn and to grow, to laugh and ... GARY PAULSEN Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress ab... BRITNEY SPEARS No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very ... RACHEL COHN
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REBECCA MACKINNON I was an anorexic, beer drinking, class cutting, doodling, shoplifting, skater chick that was into n... REBECCA MILLER I think for a long time it seemed like working in an art form and being a feminist meant portraying ... REBECCA HALL Would the Protestant Reformation have happened without the printing press? Would the American Revolu... REBECCA MACKINNON In the nineteenth century, in part because a ton of American men moved west, in part because of the ... REBECCA TRAISTER I'm a very private person. I barely tell my friends what's going on half the time, so the id... REBECCA HALL You scare me, Ryan Daley. Even more than those demons outside that scream for my death. How is it th... REBECCA LIM I think this industry can be tough on everyone. You have to surround yourself with supportive people... REBECCA FERGUSON It is time to stop debating whether the Internet is an effective tool for political expression and i... REBECCA MACKINNON Tell me again about the girl whose hands have no color. Whose hands are completely white. ... REBECCA WADLINGER Farm Aid was started in 1985 by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews as a co... REBECCA PIDGEON A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting... REBECCA WEST Why hoard away so many back-issues of People Magazine? Fashion magazines are just empty promises. Yo... REBECCA MCNUTT Credibility is a basic survival tool. REBECCA SOLNIT As I started to pursue the subject more deeply I realized that walking was this wonderful meandering... REBECCA SOLNIT Even in democratic society, we don't have good answers how to balance the need for security on o... REBECCA MACKINNON Human freedom increasingly depends on who controls what we know and, therefore, how we understand ou... REBECCA MACKINNON One reason that we have collectively plugged our ears against a decade of dismal revelations about B... REBECCA TRAISTER Companies should have a due diligence process to determine the likelihood that their technologies wi... REBECCA MACKINNON I think I have a job, which is to present a character in a story and entertain you and divert you wi... REBECCA HALL