“Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world.” PeopleWorldLooksSometimesWholeFeelingsReadingWaitingLosesTalkingMorningThis WorldHappeningsMy FriendsJournalist Author:Oscar Niemeyer
“I can't actually think of a job where I was relaxed the whole time. I don't think I would want to do that job. When I break into a cold sweat when I'm reading, I think, 'Oh good. That's what's supposed to be happening.” ThinkingWantI CanWholeJobsReadingBreakColdHappeningsSupposed To BeSweatRelaxed Author:Lily Rabe
“The thing about me and books is that whichever one I’m reading always reminds me of whatever’s happening in my life during that time.” BookReadingHappenings Author:Lauren Barnholdt
“I love stories where the impossible appears believable, plausible and real. Maybe it's silly, but it's one of the reasons Michael Crichton's writing always appealed to me: he took outlandish ideas and made them seem completely within the realm of possibility. I remember reading "Jurassic Park" and feeling like: "Oh, yeah - no, that's totally happening right now. They're bringing back dinosaurs!"” WritingMadeIdeasRealReasonStoriesFeelingsSeemsRememberReadingImpossiblePossibilityRight NowHappeningsYeahSillyLove StoryRealmsParksDinosaursPlausibleBelievableOutlandishJurassic ParkRealm Of Possibility Author:J. J. Abrams
“I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world.” WorldLooksReadingNewsHappeningsNewspapersMagazinesJunkieReading Newspapers Author:Michael Franti
“I grew up on Stephen King, reading the books. I love the small town, 1950s feel to it, that nostalgia, and that old America. What happens when something weird starts happening to all these people, something other-worldly, something demonic?” PeopleFeelsBookHappensAmericaReadingGrewKingsGrew UpHappeningsTownsNostalgiaWorldlySmall TownDemonic Author:Alexander Koch
“I don't read newspapers in the morning. I take a look at the dailies in the afternoon, but only when I've finished my work for the day. Reading about what is happening in Turkey once again would only be demoralizing for me.” LooksReadingMorningHappeningsFinishedNewspapersAfternoonTurkeysDemoralizing Author:Orhan Pamuk
“I also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you have to give people a reason to click through. Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading it should be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like. I tell them what I did over the weekend. And I tell them what is happening in the technology, Internet, and VC markets.” PeopleNeedsGivingShouldRealReasonPlayUseShowsSuccessReadingBusinessTechnologyReaderInternetHappeningsVideoHanging OutWeekendBeing RealBlogsHeadlinesClicksSensational Author:Fred Wilson
“The best scripts I read are usually pretty - they move really quickly, there's not a lot of exposition in between all of what's happening, so you can really just flow with the lines, and you're reading and it has a momentum and you understand it emotionally.” MovingReadingLinesHappeningsFlowScriptsMomentum Author:Kirsten Dunst
“Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience you desired. Superduper neuropsychologists could stimulate your brain so that you would think and feel you were writing a great novel, or making a friend, or reading an interesting book. All the time you would be floating in a tank, with electrodes attached to your brain. Should you plug into this machine for life, preprogramming your life experiences?...Of course, while in the tank you won't know that you're there; you'll think that it's all actually happening...Would you plug in?” ThinkingKnowsGivingFeelsShouldWritingBookWould BeCoursesReadingInterestingBrainNovelHappeningsMachinesLife ExperienceFloatingTanksPlugsGreat NovelsInteresting Book Book:Anarchy, state, and utopia Source: Anarchy, state, and utopia
“...by regularly reading business newspaper and magazines I am exposed to an enormous amount of material at the micro level.. I find that what I see going on there pretty much informs me about what's happening at the macro level.” ReadingLevelsMaterialsAmountHappeningsNewspapersEnormousMagazinesExposedMacro Author:Charlie Munger
“When you're reading, you're laughing and not quite noticing what's happening. One second you're still kind of chuckling, and then all of sudden you're in the third act of the book and in this very dark and claustrophobic place.” KindStillsBookReadingDarkLaughingHappeningsThirdsNoticing Author:Moshe Kasher
“When I was 16, the guest speaker was King. And I was completely overwhelmed because I had been studying nonviolence, talking about it, reading about it, but here it was happening, here it was people boycotting the buses and people on the streets and taking risks, which I think was the key.” PeopleThinkingReadingTalkingStudyRiskStreetsKeysKingsHappeningsBusGuestsNonviolenceSpeakersOverwhelmedTaking Risks Author:Joan Baez
“I was reading the paper and saw a cartoon with Ray Kelly frisking Obama, and I was like "Wait, what's happening?" so I Googled it. For everything Obama stands for and the things he's said in the past in his books, especially with the Trayvon Martin thing - and I'm not sure if he [made his comments on Trayvon] because he was asked a question and he was trying to be diplomatic and neutral - that can't happen.” IfsTryingMadeSaidBookHappensPastReadingWaitingSawsPaperHappeningsNot SureCommentRaysCartoonDiplomaticTrayvon MartinTrayvon Author:Adepero Oduye
“For me, the difference between a musician reading an arrangement on a piece of paper, and them closing their eyes and listening to what's happening around them and responding to it, is huge.” EyeReadingDifferencesPiecesHugeListeningPaperMusicianHappeningsArrangementsClosingResponding Author:Jose James
“I think I made a mistake with [Jane] Austen by reading all six in a row. There are similarities to the plots so by the time I got to the last one I could anticipate what was happening too easily. But her characterizations are amazing.” ThinkingMadeLastsReadingMistakeSixHappeningsPlotJaneAnticipateSimilarityMade A MistakeAustenCharacterizationI Made A Mistake Author:Stephen Dobyns
“There are things that are more important than the news and what’s happening today. There are these archetypes which are part of the human imagination since humans were presumably imaginative. And I think that’s what [people] find touching, these eternal ideas. It’s one of the things that makes fantasy something that tends to stand the test of time because we’re reading, 50 years later, The Lord of the Rings.” PeopleThinkingYearsHumansImportantIdeasTodayReadingImaginationLordFantasyEternalNewsHappeningsTestsRingsTouchingImaginativeArchetypeHuman ImaginationTest Of Time Author:Clive Barker
“You don't read it in the sense of reading a message; it doesn't work like that. What's happening is that the Shadows are responding to the attention you pay them.” ReadingPayAttentionMessagesHappeningsShadowResponding Book:The subtle knife Source: The subtle knife
“I don’t think I am like other people. I mean on some deep fundamental level. It’s not just being half a twin and reading a lot and seeing fairies. It’s not just being outside when they’re all inside. I used to be inside. I think there’s a way I stand aside and look backwards at things when they’re happening which isn’t normal.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksMeanUsedReadingLevelsHalfSeeingNormalHappeningsFundamentalsUsed To BeFairyTwinsJust BeingBackwards Book:Among Others Source: Among Others