I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.
‐‐ John Green
I've read a lot of different versions of myself - and all of them are true because it's all opinion, and they're as accurate as it can ever be. But I don't think that I've been deft at hiding parts of my personality.
‐‐ Emma Stone
I've read a lot of fiction from writers just starting out, and the dialogue is a little bit forced, or it's almost too teenager-y, or too slang-y or putting too much technology or trends in there. I try to stay pretty trend-neutral. I try not to mention too many current bands or current TV shows.
‐‐ Sara Shepard
I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.' I don't want to be part of that.
‐‐ Matthew McConaughey
I've read a lot of war writing, even World War I writing, the British war poetry of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves's memoir 'Goodbye to All That,' and a civilian memoir, 'Testament of Youth,' by Vera Brittain.
‐‐ George Packer
I've read a number of relationship books out there. A lot are written towards women.
‐‐ Hill Harper
I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.
‐‐ Park Chan-wook
I've read all the 'Game of Thrones' books many times over, so I sometimes find it easier being on set, because it can be hard to get out of character.
‐‐ Emilia Clarke
I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as you're singing them, so that the sentiment is always appropriate and heartfelt.
‐‐ Brandi Carlile
I've read and traveled a lot in the Middle East, and I built on eyewitness accounts of horrific executions that would shape a boy's character and beliefs if he watched his father die that way. These are the stuff of which nightmares are made.
‐‐ Terry Hayes
I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or two people, but there's not much about society. I want to get away from that particular pattern: a lead, a supporting role and backdrop characters.
‐‐ Stieg Larsson
I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first made it. The biggest thing I learnt was that you have to be pro-active. You can't be scared.
‐‐ Marina and the Diamonds
I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.
‐‐ DMX
I've read every single fantasy novel there is. I mean, I would challenge a lot of people to read more fantasy novels than I have.
‐‐ Felicia Day
I've read everything printed in English that Freud has written. It helped me a great deal.
‐‐ Gene Wilder
I've read everything that Isaac Asimov ever wrote, for a start. I'm massively into my fantasy genre, anything by R.A. Salvatore or David Gemmell. I've read every single book those writers have written.
‐‐ Robert Kazinsky
I've read everything Thomas Wolfe ever wrote; my brother and I memorized whole chapters of 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Look Homeward, Angel.'
‐‐ Maya Angelou
I've read hundreds of cookbooks. For my money, they are the bird.
‐‐ Colonel Sanders
I've read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don't even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or an apple pie.
‐‐ Colonel Sanders
I've read in a couple stories that I was raised Episcopalian, but that's not true. I think that's just people assuming things. In some ways, I wish I was raised Episcopalian. I was kind of raised hodgepodge.
‐‐ Sufjan Stevens
I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible.
‐‐ Jessica Brown Findlay
I've read one too many thrillers that had really horrible technology in them.
‐‐ Daniel Suarez
I've read only fiction, so I don't know anything actual.
‐‐ Anna Torv
I've read plenty of amazing science pieces where the writers don't hang out in labs. I just have fun doing it. And I get rewarded for it; I get gushy, especially when kids tell me they expected to be bored by my books, but weren't.
‐‐ Mary Roach
I've read plenty of J.G. Ballard, but I'm not really a Ballardian. I've met Ballardians, and I know when I can't compete. I like Ballard in his relatively unchallenging apocalyptic mode: 'Vermilion Sands,' 'The Drowned World,' 'The Burning World,' 'The Crystal World.'
‐‐ Lev Grossman
I've read pretty broadly on the Holocaust - both fiction and non-fiction - and to me, 'The Lost Wife' is one of the best. The horrors of war serve as a backdrop to a love affair that spans a lifetime, and that love story stayed with me long after I put down the book.
‐‐ Lauren Weisberger
I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens. I learned my craft from these guys.
‐‐ Twyla Tharp
I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.
‐‐ Francoise Sagan
I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
‐‐ Ha-Joon Chang
I've read science fiction my whole life. I never really dreamed that I'd be a published science fiction writer myself, but a short story I started years ago sort of demanded to be turned into a novel.
‐‐ Ramez Naam
I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.
‐‐ John Barrymore
I've read some scripts, but I don't read as many books as I should.
‐‐ Stephen Dorff
I've read somewhere that when you're writing, you should stop while you're doing well so you always want to go back to work.
‐‐ Glenn Frey
I've read stories of slave owners who were very generous. They didn't keep them in shackles, they didn't whip the slaves, they built schools and churches for them, free housing, free food, free everything. It's wrong. No matter how nice you make it look, it's wrong.
‐‐ Michael Moore
I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it looks like and what's inside it, and that's not something I want anyone to know.
‐‐ Danica Patrick
I've read that Steven Wright's style was born out of genuine nervousness.
‐‐ Mike Birbiglia
I've read the Bible before, a couple of times cover to cover.
‐‐ Trai Byers
I've read the 'Book of Revelation' a million times. It does not make sense, obviously. It needs to be decoded.
‐‐ Megan Fox
I've read the 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' at least once a year since I was twelve years old.
‐‐ Sean Biggerstaff
I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.
‐‐ Billy Graham
I've read the 'Mortal Instruments' series; I was obsessed with those.
‐‐ Amandla Stenberg
I've read the poker books, but at this point, everybody who's playing has read the poker books. I feel like I'm knowledgeable enough to understand what's going on in the game, and I understand why I suck. And I'm not sure if I'll ever rise beyond that to the level where I don't suck.
‐‐ Ira Glass
I've read the 'Public Enemies' script and, no, it's not 100 percent historically accurate. But it's by far the closest thing to fact Hollywood has attempted, and for that, I am both excited and quietly relieved.
‐‐ Bryan Burrough
I've read the whole 'Divergent' series, the 'Pretty' series. I just read it because I find this stuff interesting to read.
‐‐ Mark Waters
I've read up on magic, and I think it sets you free, and it gives you hope. You can explore worlds you didn't know existed. It stretches your imagination, and I like my own imagination to be stretched and also the children I'm telling the story to. It gives you a sense of wonder.
‐‐ Jenny Nimmo
I've read 'Valley of the Dolls' at least four times. It's so epic!
‐‐ Ashley Madekwe
I've realised how important having family is.
‐‐ Miyavi
I've realised I can be happy.
‐‐ Kevin Pietersen
I've realised I need a gnawing, nagging, anxious doubt when I wake at 4 A.M.
‐‐ Catherine Tate
I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.
‐‐ Benedict Cumberbatch