The first time I remember really being excited about a book was 'The Count of Monte Cristo.'
Scott Turow
I write based on powerful inner impulses, and those seem to shift over time.
Because I spend so much time traveling, I tend to do most of my reading on the same iPad on which I write. For me, it's words, not paper, that... →
I remember, years after first reading 'Anna Karenina,' I happened to open it, and here is Dolly thinking about her dead children, and both at... →
In re-reading 'Presumed Innocent,' the one thing that struck me - and I re-read the book four different times in writing 'Innocent,'... →
My sister was a twin, and the other baby died in childbirth, and I was three at the time, and I always kind of thought it haunted me. It was a weird... →
Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what... →
Aaron Tveit
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Mark Twain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it... →