I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them.
Carl Barks
You can't read when you're traveling with other people; it always feels a bit rude.
Courtney Barnett
I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.
Syd Barrett
I don't pretend that I can read minds. I don't believe anybody can read minds. In other words, I don't believe in psychics.
Keith Barry
Don DeLillo's 'White Noise,' which I read when I was 19. It showed me that a book can be funny as hell and deadly serious.
Kevin Barry
At one point I would read nothing that was not by the great American Jews - Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - which had a disastrous effect of making me... →
In my writing class, we never, ever talk about the writing - ever. We never address a story that's been read. I also won't let anyone look at... →
Lynda Barry
My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.
I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham... →
Marion Barry
People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody... →
Rick Barry