All Quotes

I read a lot of fiction.
‐‐ Leila Aboulela

I read a lot of heavy literature when I'm on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted.
‐‐ Hayley Atwell

I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
‐‐ Malorie Blackman

I read a lot of history. The passive Jews in Germany didn't survive. The smart ones got out.
‐‐ Paul Mooney

I read a lot of literary theory when I was in graduate school, especially about novels, and the best book I ever read about endings was Peter Brooks' 'Reading for the Plot. '
‐‐ Lev Grossman

I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.
‐‐ Chelsea Cain

I read a lot of news online, but I like buying a paper because I'll read an article I wouldn't normally read. And more often than not, the articles that you don't expect to care about are the ones that grab you.
‐‐ Eddie Kaye Thomas

I read a lot of nineteenth-century French poetry. And Irish poetry from the ninth century on.
‐‐ Paul Muldoon

I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain.
‐‐ Ellen Pompeo

I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book.
‐‐ Bill Gates

I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.
‐‐ Zoe Kazan

I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.
‐‐ Kate Grenville

I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books.
‐‐ Ross Kemp

I read a lot of science fiction, but I also mixed it up with a lot of other genres: crime, literary fiction, as well as nonfiction. Author-wise, I'm a fan of Stephen King, Lauren Beukes, Robert McCammon, Raymond Chandler, Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker and Gail Simone, among many others.
‐‐ Adam Christopher

I read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another.
‐‐ Edward Norton

I read a lot of scripts, and there's a lot of good writing and a lot of OK writing and a lot of crappy writing. And even with the really good writing, it doesn't necessarily speak to me.
‐‐ J. K. Simmons

I read a lot of scripts, so I know by page 25 if I like it or not.
‐‐ Ben Cross

I read a lot of scripts that I just don't find very funny.
‐‐ Jennifer Aniston

I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower.
‐‐ Lorde

I read a lot of 'Spark Notes' in high school.
‐‐ Lauren Conrad

I read a lot of the 'Pern books' growing up - basically up through 'All the Weyrs of Pern,' maybe a couple after that. As far as formative dragon influences are concerned, she's probably one of the top ones; I know I read other fantasy novels that had them, but none particularly stick in mind.
‐‐ Marie Brennan

I read a lot of thrillers because they're easy reading and I'm not a great flier. They take my head out of it. I like the fast pace and that you can't put them down.
‐‐ Georgina Chapman

I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.
‐‐ Kate Mosse

I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood.
‐‐ Steve Schirripa

I read a lot of W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.'
‐‐ Andre Holland

I read a lot of Zen books. And I grew up surfing, so that has always been my escape.
‐‐ Liam Hemsworth

I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is a force for evil.
‐‐ Gabriel Byrne

I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would more or less let me be, but with my father, I was always searching for a place where he wouldn't find me. Whenever he saw me reading, he would tell me to put the book down and go outside, act like a normal person.
‐‐ Andrea Barrett

I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.
‐‐ Bruce Forsyth

I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.
‐‐ Amy Winehouse

I read a newspaper article in May 1984 which predicted that syringes would one day be a major cause of the transmission of HIV. It was what I had been waiting for - a project that had a lot of the things that I liked: problem-solving, product design, campaigning, and being a bit of a big mouth pain-in-the-bum.
‐‐ Marc Koska

I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.
‐‐ V. S. Naipaul

I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.
‐‐ Tahar Ben Jelloun

I read a quote by James Dean when I was 17; he said, 'I'd rather starve than do a whole bunch of work that I don't care about.' The older I got, the more I understood what he was saying. If I want to do a whole lot of work that I don't care about, then I would probably be working in a law office somewhere.
‐‐ Mehcad Brooks

I read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not.
‐‐ Jennifer Coolidge

I read a statistic that in horse racing, the favourite only wins 12 per cent of their races. I'm not comparing myself to a horse or saying I'm the favourite - although my sister would say I can nag an awful lot - but nothing is guaranteed in sport. Anyone can step up and take what you perceive to be your place in the final.
‐‐ Cate Campbell

I read a very romantic book when I was young, when I was in college: Rilke's 'Letters to a Young Poet.' And I've always felt that if you are in any kind of an artistic, creative endeavor, and you feel there's something else you can do for a living and be happy, I think you should do something else.
‐‐ J. K. Simmons

I read a whole bunch of bits and pieces over the years, obviously from the fan magazines and the rest of the stuff, and I just wanted to give a little more insight into what's happening in my personal life.
‐‐ Davy Jones

I read a whole lot as a child, and, of course, I still read children's books.
‐‐ Rebecca Stead

I read a zombie story, and I have nightmares for days. But my youngest sister loves zombie stories. So when she insisted it was time for Bards and Sages to put together a zombie book, I couldn't tell her 'no.'
‐‐ Julie Ann Dawson

I read about this hotel that was great, down in the south of the island, not in a touristy area. I had no particular desire ever to go to Jamaica, but I thought, what the hell? Sounds nice. Let's go!
‐‐ Jeremy Northam

I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.
‐‐ Karin Slaughter

I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure.
‐‐ Khaled Hosseini

I read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17.
‐‐ Rand Paul

I read all of the books by Tolkien, including 'The Hobbit,' when I was in my twenties, and his deep love of nature and all things green resonates deeply with me.
‐‐ Howard Shore

I read all of the nonfiction that I could find on Chechnya, and all the while, I was searching for a novel that was set there. I couldn't find a single novel written in English that was set in the period of the two most recent Chechen wars.
‐‐ Anthony Marra

I read all of the stories that people write about me. The ones that are really interesting are the ones where they actually write their take on me as opposed to just printing what I said, because they're asking similar questions so often, sometimes it just sounds like I'm answering the questions different intentionally.
‐‐ Curtis Jackson

I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I'll read anything anyone gives me.
‐‐ Emilia Fox

I read all the books for 'Twilight.'
‐‐ Emma Roberts