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I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren's hands. Alan Bradley
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Sad to think that we won't have any new stories from John Updike, one of the last century's masters. But so many here in the two volumes of his collected stories, 186 by my count, stories to read, reread, savor over the course of a cold season. Updike's genius in the short form spills out of these many, many pages. Alan Cheuse
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Macbeth was the first play I ever read. Alan Cumming
First Macbeth Read Ever Play
'Macbeth' was the first play I ever read. In fact, I remember my brother Tom, who is six years older than me, coming home from school and telling me about it. He was the one that really got me going. Alan Cumming
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new. Alan Dean Foster
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I don't just want my books to be about the '30s and '40s. I want them to read as if they had been written then. I think of them as '40s novels, written in the conservative narrative past. Alan Furst
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I read very little contemporary anything. Alan Furst
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If you read the history of the national Socialist party, they're all people who felt like life should have been better to them. They're disappointed, vengeful, angry. Alan Furst
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My theory is that sometimes writers write books because they want to read them, and they aren't there to be read. And I think that was true of me. Alan Furst
Me Sometimes Think Books Write Writers True Read Because Want Them Theory
For me, Anthony Powell is a religion. I read 'A Dance to the Music of Time' every few years. Alan Furst
Music Time Religion Me Dance Few Every Read Years
People know accuracy when they read it; they can feel it. Alan Furst
People Feel Know Read Accuracy
For something that's supposed to be secret, there is a lot of intelligence history. Every time I read one book, two more are published. Alan Furst
Time History Book Intelligence Every Every Time Secret One Book Something More Supposed Read Lot Published Two
I read very little contemporary anything... I don't think I read what other people read, but then why would I, considering what I do? Alan Furst
People Think Other Considering Would Contemporary Read Very Anything Little Then Why
I look for the dark story, where something secret was done. I read and read and pick up the trail of a true story. I use nothing but true stories. They are so much better than phony ones. Alan Furst
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The way I work: I pick a country. I learn the political history - I mean I really learn it; I read until it sinks in. Once I read the political history, I can project and find the clandestine history. And then I people it with the characters. Alan Furst
Work History People Political Country Project Once Way Characters Find Pick Until Learn Read Political History Mean Then Really
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. Alan Garner
Library Man Extraordinary Read Great-Grandfather His Self-Taught Lot
If truth is the first victim of war, then read on - I've got some great lies for you this month. Alan Gorrie
Truth War Great You Truth Is First Victim Month Lies Some Read Got Then
As a lifelong Republican who served in the Army in Germany, I believe it is critical that we review - and overturn - the ban on gay service in the military. I voted for 'don't ask, don't tell.' But much has changed since 1993. My thinking shifted when I read that the military was firing translators because they are gay. Alan K. Simpson
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Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary. Alan Kay
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I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me. Alan Kay
Time Me Age Three Lying Fluently Books Misfortune Had Knew Learn Read How Were Hit Grade Maybe Teachers Fortune Starting By The Time
If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books. Alan King
Love Buy You Marriage Books About Read Got Want Separate Two
When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about. Alan King
Time Oppression Father Thought First About He Wrote Talked Read Because First Time Dickens Things Jewish
In comics the reader is in complete control of the experience. They can read it at their own pace, and if there's a piece of dialogue that seems to echo something a few pages back, they can flip back and check it out, whereas the audience for a film is being dragged through the experience at the speed of 24 frames per second. Alan Moore
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Everything you've ever read of mine is first-draft. This is one of the peculiarities of the comics field. By the time you're working on chapter three of your masterwork, chapter one is already in print. You can't go back and suddenly decide to make this character a woman, or have this one fall out of a window. Alan Moore
Time Character You Woman Chapter Three Fall Field Back Everything Mine Out Window Make Read Print Comics Go In Print Decide Working Your Suddenly Ever By The Time
Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact. Alan Rickman
Character You Speak Every Seems Fact Through Almost Read Often Just In Fact Speaks Play
I don't have much time to read. I'm more of a problem solver. I'll have an idea or a problem, and I'll learn what's necessary in order to do the idea or solve the problem. If I need to read a book, then I will, but it usually comes down to researching on the Internet and reading blog posts. Alan Schaaf
Time Book Problem Internet Will Reading Down Solve Solver Posts More Idea Learn Read Blog Order Then Much Researching Necessary Need
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