I'm more of a visual person, but I think that reading's extremely important. But I'm very easily distracted. It takes certain books to really grab you in.
I actually have, in all seriousness, in the back of my mind someday to write a book, the title of which would be 'Quit Now and Other Practical Advice for the Aspiring Actor.'
MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance.
I went through a whole phase when I was younger of being obsessed with Tolstoy and Kafka and Camus, all those really, beautiful, dark depressing books.
I get daily mentions in blogs, I get mentions in Twitter and in different social media... I know that gets books sold.
Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors.
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how is it that the book is what it is?
I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.
Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read.
Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.
With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.
The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.
My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all the books I haven't read yet.
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door." ( : CCXVII, March 31, 1945)
[Books are] vital to learning. Half the population don't go to football matches but that doesn't make football any less important.
My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something I didn't want to know.
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say.'
