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All of my books tend to be about things going on in labs that you wouldn't really expect.
Mary Roach
You
Books
About
Tend
Expect
Labs
Going
Really
Things
One of the maddening ironies of writing books is that it leaves so little time for reading others'. My bedside is piled with books, but it's duty reading: books for book research, books for review. The ones I pine for are off on a shelf downstairs.
Mary Roach
Time
Book
Writing
Reading
Duty
Research
Others
Books
Maddening
Piled
Reading Books
Shelf
Leaves
Bedside
Review
Pine
Off
Ironies
Little
Little Time
Downstairs
When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the author of that book. I think that's really a good thing.
Mary Steenburgen
Good
Journey
You
Book
World
Mind
Think
Books
Kind
Good Thing
Read
Go
Author
Create
Really
Your
Whole
Thing
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
Mason Cooley
Truth
Me
Failure
Happy
Books
Tell
Make
Read
Forgiven
Less
Sir Alex Ferguson already has his place in the history books; he is definitely one of the best coaches ever.
Massimiliano Allegri
Best
History
Books
Definitely
He
His
Ferguson
Sir
History Books
Place
Coaches
Ever
Alex
I'm a huge fan of 'The Vampire Chronicles,' both the Neil Jordan film and the books themselves.
Matt Bomer
Books
Neil
Vampire
Both
Jordan
Huge
Huge Fan
Fan
Themselves
Film
I'm drawn to women who live in a world different from my own. I don't believe you have to marry someone from your own backyard. James Joyce married a woman who never read any of his books.
Matt Dillon
You
Woman
Women
World
Own
Live
Believe
Books
Drawn
Backyard
Married
Marry
Someone
My Own
Never
Joyce
Read
His
Any
Different
James
James Joyce
Your
Who
Though the publishing industry swears the market is oversaturated, books written by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and by embedded journalists keep on coming.
Matt Gallagher
Veterans
Market
Books
Though
Embedded
Written
Journalists
Industry
Coming
Iraq
Afghanistan
Keep
Publishing
I love the idea that we put in jokes the kids don't get. And that later, when they grow up and read a few books and go to college and watch the show again, they can get it on a completely different level.
Matt Groening
Love
Jokes
College
Few
Books
Later
Kids
Put
Idea
Read
Go
Up
Get
Different
Again
Different Level
Show
Grow
Grow Up
Level
Watch
I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for the future when the special effects are good' to represent what was in these books by Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Jack Vance.
Matt Groening
Future
Good
Science
Wait
Thought
Reading
Philip
Books
Kid
Clarke
Fact
Science Fiction
Effects
Arthur
Jack
Represent
In Fact
Fiction
Literary
Loved
Special
Special Effects
I've conducted an experiment on my kids. Instead of denying them access to media, I've encouraged it. They read comic books, play Nintendo and watch way too much TV.
Matt Groening
Too Much
Experiment
Too
Books
Way
Nintendo
Kids
TV
Instead
Read
Access
Comic
Comic Books
Encouraged
Denying
Them
Much
Media
Play
Watch
Writing can be fun. I think the challenge is to convey interesting things in accessible ways, and that's what I aim to do in books.
Matt Haig
Writing
Challenge
Think
Aim
Books
Ways
Accessible
Interesting
Convey
Interesting Things
Fun
Things
If we ever head down the American path of banning certain books or turning the editorial process into one of censorship, we will risk turning teens off books and sending them elsewhere - to their X-Boxes, for instance. To the Internet. And they won't ever come back to books.
Matt Haig
Path
Censorship
Internet
Will
Down
Elsewhere
Back
Teens
Books
Risk
Instance
Head
Come
Editorial
Off
American
Sending
Banning
Process
Them
Turning
Certain
Ever
If you sell the film rights to your book, it doesn't mean there will be a film. I have sold the rights to five books and had zero films made. Take the money and be thankful.
Matt Haig
Thankful
You
Rights
Book
Money
Will
Made
Films
Sold
Books
Be Thankful
Take
Had
Sell
Five
Mean
Your
Film
Zero
I like to read first thing in the morning. I'm addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business books, because I feel like I should figure out how to be a real businessman before someone figures out that I'm not one. I really enjoy reading classics as well, which I try to work in once every two months.
Matt Mullenweg
Work
Morning
Business
Try
First
Reading
Before
Enjoy
Every
Addicted
Books
Once
Months
Out
Kindle
Classics
Someone
Feel
Like
Well
Read
First Thing
Because
How
Real
Lot
Which
Really
Should
Figure
Figures
Businessman
Enjoy Reading
Thing
Two
I'm constantly trying to mine the DNA of John Constantine and stay true to that character in the comic books.
Matt Ryan
Character
Books
Mine
Stay
Constantly
John
Stay True
True
Comic
Comic Books
Trying
In all of my books, I really want to work with working-class people. My goal is to show the moments of grace and dignity in their lives.
Matt de la Pena
Work
Dignity
People
Grace
Books
Goal
Want
Really
Show
Working-Class
Moments
Lives
When I talk to booksellers, they tell me how hard it is to hand-sell some of my books because I do keep popping around.
Matthew Desmond
Me
Books
Tell
Some
Talk
Because
Around
How
Hard
Popping
Keep
I've been around long enough now that people who don't get into the outrageousness, the over-the-top stuff, they know not to buy my books anymore.
Matthew Reilly
Buy
People
Long
Enough
Books
Stuff
Over-The-Top
Know
Around
Been
Get
Anymore
Who
Now
In the summer or fall of 1974, I read some books about factory farming, and decided that I wanted no part of it.
Matthew Scully
Fall
Summer
Books
Some
About
Factory
Part
Read
Wanted
Decided
Farming
Thomas Young was born in 1731 in upstate New York. The child of impoverished Irish immigrants, he grew up in a log cabin without the benefit of a formal education. But he was an avid reader who began collecting books at a young age and eventually amassed one of the finest personal libraries in New England.
Matthew Stewart
Education
Age
Young
Thomas
Benefit
Books
Libraries
Immigrants
Collecting
Log
Log Cabin
Born
Finest
Cabin
He
New
Reader
New England
Without
Impoverished
Began
Up
Irish
Child
Personal
York
New York
Young Age
Grew
Formal
Formal Education
Upstate
Upstate New York
Avid
England
Who
Eventually
You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.
Maurice Sendak
You
Complicated
Too
Books
Only
Write
Children
Cannot
Interest
Them
Much
Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a real job on a sitcom or something, and have my zombie books to remind myself I was still a writer at heart. I never thought I could actually pay my bills and write what I wanted.
Max Brooks
Myself
Heart
Passion
Job
Thought
Pay
Books
Projects
Something
Could
Write
Writer
Never
Remind
Real
Still
Were
Real Job
Get
Sitcom
Get A Real
Going
Wanted
Certainly
Bills
Actually
Zombie
I want to be a champion. I want to be a long-reigning featherweight champion. I want to be known in the history books: my name everywhere as a champion. And then, later on in my career, when I start getting good, then I can start doing the exhibition matches for money and stuff.
Max Holloway
Good
History
Champion
Money
Books
Later
Everywhere
Stuff
Name
Known
Matches
Doing
Exhibition
History Books
Getting
Want
Then
Start
Career
You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.
Max von Sydow
Good
You
Yourself
Think
Books
See
Develop
Study
Participate
Practically
How
Doing
Order
Cannot
Good Actors
Acting
Actor
Watch
I really struggled, growing up, with reading and writing. I had a hard time to do that, but I was really passionate about storytelling and about books.
Maya Hawke
Time
Writing
Reading
Books
About
Struggled
Had
Passionate
Up
Storytelling
Really
Hard
Hard Time
Growing
Growing Up
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