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I wanted to write stories I wanted to read, that I and my friends related to.
Jane Green
Related
Write
Read
Friends
Wanted
Stories
The military is trying very hard right now to put a better face on Guantanamo, and I think they actually have tried to rid some of the extreme versions of abuse that we have read about.
Jane Mayer
Better
Face
Military
Think
Extreme
Tried
Some
About
Put
Abuse
Read
Versions
Very
Trying
Hard
Rid
Now
Actually
Right
Guantanamo
Political biography is in the doldrums. No one wants to read 800 pages or so of cradle-to-grave dead politics, especially if it's familiar stuff and has all been written about before.
Jane Ridley
Politics
Political
Before
About
No-One
Written
Stuff
Dead
Read
Been
Familiar
Wants
Pages
Biography
I read everything aloud, novels as well as picture books. I believe the eye and ear are different listeners. So as writers, we have to please both.
Jane Yolen
Picture
Believe
Please
Everything
Books
Eye
Both
Writers
Picture Books
Aloud
Well
Read
Listeners
Different
Novels
Ear
I've read comics all my life and have wanted to write a comic for as long as I can remember. Alex Barnaby and Sam Hooker seemed like the perfect team to make the move into the graphic medium.
Janet Evanovich
Life
Remember
My Life
Long
Medium
All My Life
Seemed
Perfect
Write
Like
Make
Read
Comic
Comics
Sam
Move
Wanted
Team
Graphic
Alex
When you're a little kid, you are small, your life is small - and you're terrifically aware of that. But when you read, you can ride Arabian horses across the desert, you can be a dogsledder.
Janet Fitch
Life
You
Ride
Kid
Arabian
Small
Horses
Read
Little
Little Kid
Across
Your
Desert
Aware
Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep.
Janet Street-Porter
Good
Women
Book
Shopping
Sex
Would
Rather
Most
Read
Go
Survey
Than
Forget
Fiction
Romantic
Good Book
Found
Sleep
I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.
Janis Ian
Learning
Book
Remember
Car
Something
Pick
Read
Reader
Always
Been
Up
Just
Stop
Avid
Even
There's a book that I read, really a great book - it's called 'Lone Survivor' and I think they're trying to make it into a movie. I would love to play Marcus Luttrell, who was the author and the 'lone survivor.' He's a national hero; he's very courageous and heroic in insurmountable danger, so it's something I'd love to explore.
Jared Padalecki
Love
Great
Book
Hero
National
Think
Heroic
Great Book
Danger
Would
Lone
Something
He
Make
Read
Courageous
Insurmountable
Very
Author
Survivor
Trying
Movie
Really
Explore
Who
Play
The players don't play the position game as much as we used to play. A lot of young guys go up and down, shoot the puck, go for the rebounds. You're getting tired quicker because the body has to react where the puck is going to go. You cannot read it, because you don't have the puck on your stick.
Jaromir Jagr
Tired
You
Game
Young
Down
Guys
React
Read
Because
Stick
Go
Lot
Up
Up And Down
Quicker
Shoot
Getting
Going
Where
Cannot
Young Guys
Much
Body
Your
Used
Play
Puck
Players
Position
An author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn't matter if you're a kid or if you're a grown-up, it doesn't matter if the book gets published and lots of people get to read it, or if you make just one copy and you share that book with one friend.
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
You
Book
People
Matter
Somebody
Kid
One Friend
Writes
Share
Make
Read
Lots
Friend
Author
Get
Gets
Just
Just One
Story
Who
Grown-Up
Published
Copy
People who read on holiday always have a better time because it's total escapism, both physically and mentally.
Jasmine Guinness
Time
People
Better
Total
Physically
Both
Mentally
Better Time
Read
Because
Always
Escapism
Holiday
Who
I don't go back and read my own stuff too much, but there are times where I second-guess myself and said I could have done something different, like a line of dialogue.
Jason Aaron
Myself
Too Much
Own
Second-Guess
Too
Back
Something
My Own
Could
Stuff
Like
Read
Said
Dialogue
Go
Line
Times
Done
Where
Different
Much
'Scalped' is representative of the kinds of stories I like to read and I like to watch.
Jason Aaron
Kinds
Like
Read
Representative
Stories
Watch
I went back and started reading with Thor's first appearance, and my goal is to read all 600-plus issues in a row.
Jason Aaron
First
Reading
Back
Thor
First Appearance
Read
Issues
Goal
Appearance
Row
Started
Started Reading
It's very important as a startup to get early press because, although it may not be a large number of people, having a 'Fast Company' story - some of those people that read it are going to be your next employees and hires, your next investors.
Jason Calacanis
People
Employees
Important
Startup
Press
Those
Some
Having
Investors
Read
Although
Because
Very
Get
Going
May
Story
Next
Your
Large
Company
Large Number
Fast
Early
Number
Blogging is great, and I read blogs all day long. However, my goal is really to have a deep, meaningful discussion with people. For some reason, I'm able to accomplish this best via email.
Jason Calacanis
Best
Day
Great
People
Long
Email
All Day
Able
Some
Read
However
Blogging
Accomplish
Blogs
Goal
Discussion
Via
Meaningful
Really
Reason
Deep
The guy I read and I love is Irvin Yalom.
Jason Clarke
Love
Love Is
Guy
Read
I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.
Jason Gann
Work
Great
Own
Back
Some
Pretty
My Own
Great Ones
Only
No Work
Outside
Read
Australia
Get
Done
Scripts
Hollywood
Much
Really
Many
Shows
Film
Now
Starting
The more you read, the better you are at writing, no matter what you're writing. A lot of songwriters miss that and don't see the connection there, and I've always felt like you're more able to communicate if you have a bigger toolbox to work with.
Jason Isbell
Work
You
Writing
Communicate
Better
Matter
See
Able
More
Songwriters
Miss
Like
Read
Felt
Always
Lot
Bigger
Connection
I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of good songwriters, and I try to actually work on the craft of writing a song rather than just leaving it up to inspiration.
Jason Isbell
Work
Good
Song
Writing
Try
Rather
Inspiration
Songwriters
Read
Leaving
Lot
Up
Than
Craft
Listen
Just
Actually
A great story poorly told doesn't do anybody any good at all, and nobody wants to hear it, and nobody wants to read it. The craft of it is really more important than the subject matter.
Jason Isbell
Good
Great
Matter
Important
More
Nobody
Great Story
Read
Hear
Subject
Subject Matter
Than
Craft
Any
Anybody
Wants
Story
Poorly
Really
When I read that Khal Drogo role, I was blown away. I couldn't believe it was happening. I had to have that role.
Jason Momoa
Believe
Had
Read
Role
Blown
Blown Away
Happening
Away
I recently read that it's the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain that does the poetry. Somehow I've veered way towards the left. I've been doing it for years. Maybe I do art to balance it out.
Jason Mraz
Art
Balance
Way
Out
Somehow
Poetry
Towards
Calculating
Read
Does
Doing
Been
Years
Brain
Left
Maybe
Right
Recently
I just want young people to read my books and feel cared for, feel safe, feel like there's someone else in the world who understands - or at least acknowledges - your existence.
Jason Reynolds
People
World
Young
Else
Books
Someone
Feel
Like
Safe
Read
Understands
Least
Existence
Just
Want
Acknowledge
Young People
Your
Who
Cared
I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all.
Jason Reynolds
Music
Art
Me
Try
Books
Everywhere
Possible
Catch
Read
Talks
Because
Non-Stop
Concerts
Narrative
Listen
Often
Just
Which
Bar
Movies
Engage
Many
Shows
Lives
Play
Watch
Tons
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