I do read a lot. I read more than I watch movies.
Paolo Sorrentino
Most of the auditions I went on, I passed up the projects because I just wasn't interested. When I read A Knight's Tale, that was that. I... →
Shannyn Sossamon
I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me... →
Sonia Sotomayor
David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories... →
Terry Southern
It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new 'solution' to... →
Thomas Sowell
I like to read, and I like dance. I don't dance, but I like to see other people dance.
Esperanza Spalding
Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.
Nicholas Sparks
A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to... →
I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.
I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at them they would have an answer. That's... →
Regina Spektor