“I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.” FirstsSaidI CanIdeasHomeReadingNovelAudienceWrittenCrimeDadMy DadWideBusConductorScots Author:Ian Rankin
“I've read in many a novel, that unless they've souls that grovel-- Folks prefer in fact a hovel to your dreary marble halls.” SoulFactsHomeNovelFolksHallsMarbleDreary Book:Fly leaves, by C.S.C. Source: Fly leaves, by C.S.C.
“I think, on both sides of the camera or the novel: Distraction. I'm obsessed with: Can I get this actress or my third act to work? I'm distracted. I'm interested in that so I don't sit home and think, "Gee, life is meaningless. We're all going to die. The universe is pulling apart at breakneck speed."” ThinkingHomeLife IsDiesUniverseSidesNovelThirdsCamerasSpeedActressesObsessedDistractionMeaninglessPullingBoth SidesDistracted Author:Woody Allen
“The truth is, everything we know about America, everything Americans come to know about being American, isn't from the news. I live there. We don't go home at the end of the day and think, "Well, I really know who I am now because the Wall Street Journal says that the Stock Exchange closed at this many points." What we know about how to be who we are comes from stories. It comes from the novels, the movies, the fashion magazines. It comes from popular culture.” ThinkingKnowsWellsEndsStoriesHomeAmericaCultureNovelStreetsFashionWallTruth IsNewsWho I AmMagazinesWho We AreThe End Of The DayJournalPopular CultureStock ExchangeWall Street JournalFashion Magazines Author:Chris Abani
“I am honored to have had two Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions made from my novels - Silver Bells and Follow the Stars Home.” MadeTwoHomeStarsNovelFameProductionsSilverHallsBellsHonoredHallmarkHall Of FameSilver Bells Author:Luanne Rice
“I don't like going out. I hate clubs. I hate being around too many people. I love my home and staying in bed and watching Dancing With the Stars or reading a Danielle Steel novel. I'm kind of boring.” PeopleKindHomeHateReadingStarsNovelBedI HateDancingClubsBoringStayingGoing OutSteelDancing With The Stars Author:Britney Spears
“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, visions of ourselves that we would never see, never permit ourselves to become, in places we can never go and might not care to, while assuring that we get to return home again.” PersonsHomeMightCareVisionNovelReturnEncountersPermit Author:Thomas C Foster
“We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.” TwoBookHomeStarsSpaceFictionNovelSeeingDadAll ThingsScience FictionLibraryMy DadEightFighterThings To DoPilotsIsaacAcesFighter PilotGuiding StarsFiction Novels Author:Gary Kemp