Writers Reading Quotes - Page 4

• I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Book, Reading, Men

  Speech in New York City, November 19, 1905.

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• I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.

  Stephen King

  Writing, Character, Trying

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• A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

  George R. R. Martin

  Reading, Ice, Fantasy

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.521, Bantam

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• As a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject of the dream is the dreamer.

  Toni Morrison

  Dream, Book, Reading

  Toni Morrison (2007). “Playing in the Dark”, p.19, Vintage

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• As an actor, I know immediately if I'm saying a word that doesn't feel right coming out of my mouth, and I know how to change it. But as a director watching something, or even as a writer reading a script, sometimes it's not always clear what needs to be fixed.

  Scott Foley

  Reading, Directors, Needs

  Source: collider.com

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