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Profession: Critic
Nationality: American
Birthday: 1948

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There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.

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I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.

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If one looks at the works of Newton to Einstein, they were never scientists in the way modernity understands the term.

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I've always enjoyed reading history, particularly presidential biographies.

Seth Grahame-Smith

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I have three libraries. As a gift, a friend alphabetized and organized my main library of novels, history books, and nonfiction. Then I have a photo-book collection. Then there's this nearly whole room of my childhood books. I've also got cookbooks and a big collection of horse-related books.

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I read fantasy books like the Harry Potter books, 'Twilight,' also biographies, and I like to read about people who have been through stuff like wars or lost their families - real life stuff, you know? I like to read about their experiences and how they coped with that.

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I don't very often read novels.

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I read a lot of detective novels.

Caitlin Kittredge

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I do read on holiday, but it tends to be very lowbrow. I'm into really camp biographies, and I'm a shameless fan of Jilly Cooper.

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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.

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I would only read the novels that people classify as 'beach books' if I were being held prisoner and the only alternative was the 'Book of Mormon.'

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Honor is a gift a man gives himself. You can be as good as anyone that ever lived. If you can read, you can learn everything that anyone ever learned. But you've got to want it.

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Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.

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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.

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I buy way too many cookbooks and read food blogs at night when I can't sleep.

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I love memoirs and biographies, learning about other people's lives. Two of the ones that I loved so much were actually edited by the same person who edited my book, too. I loved 'Angela's Ashes.' I loved 'Glass Castle' so much.

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I believe my love of beauty and my ability to see what works is a gift I was given by God.

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For short term relaxation, I take a hot tub. It's my best way to unblock writers' block, too. For a bit longer relaxation, I enjoy camping. Just being in the wilderness, with no phones or computers or anything I have to do really refreshes my spirit.

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I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels.

Kid Rock

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