Whitley Strieber
Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON 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 Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. I... JOHN BOYNE Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH My grandfather read the 'John Carter of Mars' books to me when I was young. DARYL SABARA My very first acting role was Tiny Tim in 'A Christmas Carol.' LELAND ORSER One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read &... RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH LAUREN GROFF KARL MARLANTES GORE VIDAL CAMERON MATHISON In 1962, I wrote a series about 42nd Street called 'Welcome to Lostville.' One result was th... PETE HAMILL I bring a copy of 'Dracula' with me wherever I go, the book. It's my favorite book in th... JACK REYNOR KRISTINA MCMORRIS I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I had been an abject fan of Robert Stone since the early eighties, when I borrowed a copy of 'A ... MADISON SMARTT BELL I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems b... JESSYE NORMAN OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all... JOHN GOULD HUNTER HAYES The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 1... CONAN STEVENS ANN HOOD JACK KEROUAC DAVID EDWARDS Eat, Pray, Love ... TINA FEY SYLVIA PLATH JOHN MILTON ZIG ZIGLAR When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, f... MADISON PETTIS HUNTER HAYES I was twenty-seven when I began to write seriously, and after two years of rejections, my first book... JUDY BLUME R. A. SALVATORE JOHN LE CARRE I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sym... DAVID EDDINGS LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA It had to be a book that held my attention and kept me wanting to read it; when my husband finished ... RACHEL TUCKER JIMMY FALLON PETER CAPALDI DOUGLAS BRUNT Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmo... HARI KUNZRU GARY KOVACS For some reason when I write in cursive, it's easier and flows better for me to read that when I... ASHLEY SCOTT JOYCE RACHELLE JOHNNY DEPP I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read eve... A. SCOTT BERG DAVID ROBINSON J. J. WATT I'm still a bit of a reading glutton, I think, because I browse, read a bit of the back copy, fl... JESMYN WARD ERIK LARSON I love 'White Christmas.' That's one of my favorites just because I love the music. I lo... 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LUIS GUZMAN Probably the most formative experience was reading the 'Foundation' trilogy when I was about... TED CHIANG I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare ... PATRICIA POLACCO A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and ... GUSTAVO DUDAMEL MATT RIDLEY PETER HELLER GARRETT HEDLUND It's very difficult for me to look at politics with clear eyes. I'll read a story in the pap... SAID SAYRAFIEZADEH GARY VAYNERCHUK I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I'm on my way to my desk, my hands actu... ROSEMARY MAHONEY RALPH LAUREN CANELO ALVAREZ When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be in... JACK PRELUTSKY I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher... DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS In terms of the first Christmas when I met everybody, I went over to Nick's grandfather's ho... MEGAN MULLALLY I am a book reviewer. I write for a glossy magazine called 'SCI FI.' The money is not life-c... ADAM-TROY CASTRO BILL GROSS There are people who specialise in lettering, and I've had my hand lettering made into a digital... DAVE GIBBONS AKHIL SHARMA My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had... GEMMA ARTERTON I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number in. T... CAMERON VAN DER BURGH SHIRLEY TEMPLE THOMAS MALLON A Ritual to Read to Each OtherWILLIAM STAFFORD ADRIANA TRIGIANI 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 I don't like most Christmas movies. They're pretty bad, though they seem to make tons of mon... TERRY ZWIGOFF Many years ago, I was actually hired to write the sequel to 'Independence Day.' And I wrote ... DEAN DEVLIN MIRANDA HART I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read chil... HENNING MANKELL EVA LONGORIA
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