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I was raised on comic books, and I love science fiction.
Mayim Bialik
Love
Science
Books
Science Fiction
Comic
Comic Books
Fiction
Raised
Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me to the world of romance, which I have since never left. Also, the world of the first-person narrative.
Meg Cabot
Me
Book
World
Books
Introduced
Never
Since
Also
Mostly
Read
Sci-Fi
Narrative
First-Person
Comic
Comic Books
Discovered
Austen
Left
Up
Romance
Which
Jane
Jane Austen
Then
Growing
Growing Up
I've spent most of my life trying to wear a persona that didn't quite fit and when I started writing books, it was like finally becoming the right person.
Meg Rosoff
Life
Writing
Right Person
My Life
Books
Finally
Spent
Wear
Like
Most
Becoming
Fit
Person
Persona
Trying
Quite
Right
Started
I loved horses and horse books as a child.
Meg Rosoff
Books
Horse
Horses
Child
Loved
It's hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don't tell you they hate that particular book, they tell you they hate reading.
Meg Rosoff
You
Book
Hate
Responsibility
Reading
Books
Kids
Tell
Wrong
Particular
Huge
Huge Responsibility
Get
Hard
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.
Meg Wolitzer
Writing
Mind
Young
Books
Drawn
Strongly
Remain
Read
Readers
Always
Been
Up
Very
Growing
Growing Up
I believe that sometimes, when we talk about books, we're talking about the big picture - how they're relevant.
Meg Wolitzer
Sometimes
Picture
Big
Believe
Books
Relevant
About
Talk
Talking
How
Big Picture
We all would love the idea of people getting what's coming to them in books and in life, but sometimes the trajectory is a little more complicated than that.
Meg Wolitzer
Life
Love
People
Complicated
Sometimes
Books
Would
More
Idea
Coming
Than
Trajectory
Getting
Little
Them
I'm always surprised at the negative response to the women in my books who are openly ambitious or experience aggression.
Megan Abbott
Women
Experience
Negative
Books
Response
Openly
Always
Surprised
Ambitious
Aggression
Who
I think watching TV has influenced my books, but I don't think writing TV has.
Megan Abbott
Writing
Think
Books
TV
Influenced
Watching
Watching Tv
I'm the biggest nerd - I love comic books and stuff like that! I don't have any friends who are actresses. I only had one girlfriend when I was growing up. Most of my friends were boys. I was such a tomboy. I enjoyed doing guy things.
Megan Fox
Love
Books
Nerd
Girlfriend
Guy
Only
Had
Stuff
Like
Most
Boy
Comic
Comic Books
Doing
Were
Up
Friends
Any
Biggest
Who
Growing
Growing Up
Actress
Tomboy
Enjoyed
Things
I love comic books. I just do.
Megan Fox
Love
Books
Comic
Comic Books
Just
I'm not one of those people that goes into the movies that are based off of books going, 'I know what this is really about.' I want to go and have a good time.
Megan Hilty
Time
Good
People
Good Time
Books
Those
About
Know
Go
Off
Goes
Going
Want
Movies
Really
Based
I didn't make 'The New York Times' bestseller list until 'Charmed Thirds,' and then again for 'Fourth Comings.' It gave me a certain validation, and it certainly helps position me for future books, but it's not something I think about on a daily basis.
Megan McCafferty
Future
Daily
Me
Think
Gave
Validation
Books
Bestseller
About
Charmed
Something
New
Until
Make
Times
York
List
New York
New York Times
Again
Then
Certain
Certainly
Helps
Daily Basis
Fourth
Basis
Position
I've always been a writer. I hope to continue to write books until I can't anymore.
Megan McCafferty
Hope
Books
Write
Writer
Until
Always
Continue
Been
Anymore
I know what kind of books I read on vacation, and it is not necessarily 'Diplomacy' by Henry Kissinger. No disrespect to that book; I have read that book. But not on spring break.
Meghan McCain
Book
Diplomacy
Spring
Disrespect
Books
Kind
Kissinger
Know
Read
Break
Henry
Necessarily
Vacation
I definitely read a lot of books on the psychology and mythology behind fairy tales because I think that's really fascinating and there's a lot to draw on there.
Meghan Ory
Think
Books
Draw
Definitely
Mythology
Tales
Read
Fairy
Fairy Tales
Because
Lot
Behind
Psychology
Really
Fascinating
There are no authentic reports in any of the Muslim books of history of the Prophet Muhammad punishing anyone for same-sex acts.
Mehdi Hasan
History
Books
Punishing
Muslim
Prophet
Authentic
Reports
Any
Same-Sex
Anyone
Muhammad
Acts
One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.
Meister Eckhart
Life
God
Better
Books
Out
Thousand
Only
No-One
Mastered
Without
Contents
Than
Person
Get
Anything
Persons
Who
The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
Mel Brooks
Character
Made
Back
Books
Brooks
Russian
Never
He
Like
Always
His
Existed
Up
Authorities
Max
Story
Quotes
Professor
Brilliance
The first fantasy books I can remember reading were 'The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek' and the series of 'Mushroom Planet' books.
Melanie Rawn
Remember
First
Reading
Mushroom
Cricket
Books
Were
Fantasy
Planet
Series
Shy
Creek
Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty hard times themselves.
Melissa de la Cruz
Dark
Nice
Books
Kids
Pretty
Through
Also
Because
Sheltered
Times
Going
Children
Themselves
Hard
Who
Appeal
Hard Times
Lives
In terms of sheer writing I might have done most of my work by 11. If you get up at 6:30 or 7 you can get a huge amount done by 11 and have the rest of the day off if you want to, though I have to check my accumulating e-mails. No one ever sends me horrible e-mails. Although some of my books are supposed to be hated, no one ever tells me.
Melvin Burgess
Work
Day
Me
You
Writing
Rest
Books
Though
Tells
Hated
Some
Horrible
No-One
Check
Supposed
Most
Terms
Sheer
Although
Off
Huge
Huge Amount
Up
Accumulate
Get
Sends
Done
Want
Might
Ever
Amount
When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer.
Melvin Burgess
Teacher
Time
Me
Job
Made
Enthusiasm
Long
Animals
Long Time
Teenager
Books
Later
Collecting
Writer
Had
He
Read
Child
Wanted
Decide
Fantastic
Used
English
Who
English Teacher
Jersey
Founded
Her
Zoo
Since I was eight years old. I didn't have a TV, so comic books were definitely my television, my soap operas, and all that.
Method Man
Old
Books
Definitely
Television
TV
Since
Operas
Comic
Comic Books
Were
Years
Eight
Soap
Soap Operas
Censorship is a strange situation. There was times when people would burn books because they didn't like what people were doing.
Michael Berryman
Strange
People
Censorship
Situation
Books
Would
Like
Because
Doing
Were
Times
Burn
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