I wrote my first book without being to Ethiopia since I was two years old.
Dinaw Mengestu
If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.
Ethel Merman
I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.
The simplest science book is over my head.
James Merrill
I read every book about Buster Keaton and Chaplin to see how they worked - it's all about dedication, tunnel vision, pursuit of perfection... →
Paul Merton
Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
Barbara Mertz
I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
When I finish a book, I get extremely restless; I have to aggressively find ways to occupy myself; going off into the woods alone, doing things that... →
Philipp Meyer
I like mechanical things; my first book was a mechanics guide - that was what my parents couldn't pry away from me; that was the blanket.
Fundamentally, all art is about human beings. You're always showing larger moral questions through the smaller moral, philosophical, or political... →