All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.
Donna Leon
So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.
I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.
Elmore Leonard
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just... →
Joshua Leonard
I want to read books and go for walks and make dinner. I guess there are people who love working and that's great. I'm not one of them. I... →
Robert Sean Leonard
My grandmother, who taught me how to cook, didn't know how to read.
Jill Lepore
I'm doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'... It was a book I read when I was younger, and it just changed my life, and I just wanted to... →
Logan Lerman
Some books are serials, not to be mistaken for anything else. 'The Two Towers,' for example, ought never to be read in isolation.
Edward M. Lerner
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at... →
Doris Lessing
I talked to Marvel about 'Thor' at one point, but I didn't want to do Thor. It wasn't something I read growing up, really; it... →
Louis Leterrier