I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain.
‐‐ Monica Ali
I like Betsy Ross as a model, too, the quilting bee, sitting around with your friends making art, asking what they think, so that you get the benefit of everyone's opinions and so it's not just about you in your you-dom.
‐‐ Kiki Smith
I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've ever written and, as any writer will tell you, happy songs are a million times more difficult to write than sad songs.
‐‐ Malcolm Wilson
I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of it.
‐‐ Aretha Franklin
I like big casts. The experience of working together, that human contact - those are my roots, professionally.
‐‐ Chris Noth
I like big crowds. I find it easier to focus.
‐‐ Camilo Villegas
I like big doses of grief when I read: Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Kenzabaro Oe, Thomas Bernhard.
‐‐ Ben Marcus
I like big shows, a lot of volume and a lot of energy. I love electric instruments. But I do love mixing those with bluegrass instruments and cranking those up, too, with a little bit of that rock energy.
‐‐ Dierks Bentley
I like big thinkers who, no matter how big their vision, can sit down and talk to me about hour-to-hour, day-to-day type stuff they do to move the ball forward.
‐‐ Paige Craig
I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?
‐‐ Suge Knight
I like Bill a lot. As Bill is presented, I mean you don't ever see Bill blow her head off? You know? And I think what Quentin has done is he created a monster.
‐‐ David Carradine
I like Bill Clinton.
‐‐ Dick Morris
I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day.
‐‐ Aimee Bender
I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film.
‐‐ Norman McLaren
I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.
‐‐ Azzedine Alaia
I like black because it is a vacant space.
‐‐ Lady Gaga
I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker.
‐‐ Joshua Bell
I like Bloomingdales, and I like a store called Scoop.
‐‐ Chrisette Michele
I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand.
‐‐ Barry Gibb
I like bold colors but usually wear black.
‐‐ Mayim Bialik
I like bold statements. I'm very nearsighted, and I'm terrible at the whole contacts thing. I figured, 'Why not get some glasses that are fun, that contrast with my skin tone and brighten things up.'
‐‐ Cecile McLorin Salvant
I like books on tape, and will listen to just about anything.
‐‐ David Sedaris
I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things as well.
‐‐ Saoirse Ronan
I like books that are fat and full.
‐‐ Mary Oliver
I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.
‐‐ Emma Watson
I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated.
‐‐ Zadie Smith
I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.
‐‐ Zadie Smith
I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal.
‐‐ Brad Thor
I like bootcut jeans in a plain style with a nice line.
‐‐ Martin Freeman
I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.
‐‐ Henry Rollins
I like boring things.
‐‐ Andy Warhol
I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.
‐‐ Josh Hutcherson
I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options.
‐‐ Nicolas Cage
I like both Greek and Egyptian. More Greek stories have survived, so we know more about them. They've always been my favorite. On the other hand, I like the Egyptian stories because they're not as commonly known and they have an exotic flavour.
‐‐ Rick Riordan
I like both movies and TV, so I don't have some big grand plan.
‐‐ Molly Shannon
I like both music and acting, and they both have a lot in common - timing, immediacy, stuff like that. But acting is more regimented. You wait around for hours, you don't get to write the script, you get hired. Music represents me better. I'm not acting; I'm just expressing myself.
‐‐ Lukas Haas
I like both potatoes and rice. You can do a lot with both of them. But if I could eat only one carbohydrate for the rest of my life, I wouldn't choose bread, potatoes or even noodles. I'd go for rice instead; I eat more of that than anything else.
‐‐ Nobu Matsuhisa
I like bothering people and stirring things up.
‐‐ Tim Daly
I like bowling. I suck at it, but I like it. You know what's so funny? I have days when I'm absolutely great at doing it, and then I have days when I just don't understand it.
‐‐ Lil' Kim
I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
‐‐ Kate Williams
I like boxing.
‐‐ Marion Barry
I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks.
‐‐ Omar Epps
I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo.
‐‐ Sally Rand
I like Brazilians and I like their values. They believe in family.
‐‐ Dionne Warwick
I like breakfast sandwiches, and the Krystal Sunriser might be the best breakfast sandwich on Earth. It has a really soft bun and sausage, eggs, and cheese on it. It's great if you're out until 5 or 6 in the morning and you happen to catch the 5:30 first shift. That's what I used to do when I played clubs; I would almost stay out until they opened.
‐‐ Taylor Hicks
I like 'Breaking Bad' and 'Game of Thrones.' I like that era. I like that fantasy world.
‐‐ Navid Negahban
I like breaking the rules.
‐‐ Lexa Doig
I like bringing keyboards and stuff on stage.
‐‐ Kygo
I like bringing smiles to people's faces.
‐‐ Jai Rodriguez
I like bringing the girls on set, but if I can't do that then the next day I feel I have to be uber-mum to make up for it. Then I'm exhausted and feel like I'm running in fumes.
‐‐ Marcia Cross