For years I did most of my reading on the F train between Brooklyn and Manhattan. I had long commutes, and I read tons of books on that train; I... →
Elizabeth Strout
There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it.
Theodore Sturgeon
I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night... →
Preston Sturges
I've read one too many thrillers that had really horrible technology in them.
Daniel Suarez
Neal Stephenson is great. He can write about a white wall for six pages, and it sounds fascinating. I read the whole 'Baroque Cycle' and... →
I was a really big fan of cartoons growing up, and I loved to read too much into them most of the time.
Rebecca Sugar
I sometimes read on the subway, but I'm a hopeless eavesdropper and get easily distracted by strangers' conversations.
J. Courtney Sullivan
Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind.
John Jeremiah Sullivan
I don't read a lot of books that were published after 1755. One thing about having friends in New York who belong to the literary world, however... →
The initial research will be very indiscriminate. I do a lot of reading, buy a stack of books and read and digest them, and then I start doing phone... →