“I'm not a big crime reader, but I'm reading Michael Connelly's 'The Reversal.' I'm going back to his novels. I'm also reading Keith Richards' 'Life.' I'm always fascinated by the transition from the innocent late '60s and early '70s and the youth culture becoming an industry.” BigsCultureReadingNovelCrimeYouthIndustryReaderBecomingLateInnocentTransitionFascinatedKeithReversalYouth Culture Author:Jo Nesbo
“Is not this insanity plea becoming rather common? Is it not so common that the reader confidently expects to see it offered in every criminal case that comes before the courts?... Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity.” WantLawCommonCasesCrimeReaderBecomingCourtCriminalsInsanity Book:The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays Source: The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays
“I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me to read bad literature. I was not allowed to read Nancy Drew or books like that. I often say to him that me becoming a crime author is both a way of pleasing him and annoying him.” WayChildrenBookBigsFatherLiteratureCrimeReaderBecomingLoversAnnoyingLibrarianGreat BookNancyBook LoverNancy Drew Author:Asa Larsson
“I wanted to be a librarian from a very young age. Some of my earliest memories are being taken to the local library. I ended up working as a bookseller. Becoming a writer was the logical offshoot of being a reader.” AgeWantedYoungMemoriesTakenReaderBecomingLibraryLocalsLogicalYoung AgeLibrarianBooksellers Author:Michael Scott
“My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!” ChildhoodReaderBecomingLibraryLocalsSuburbsSan Diego Author:Tess Gerritsen
“With science becoming far more accessible to all of us, I've become a pretty avid reader and devourer of it. One of the objectives that I had working with Fringe was to get more people talking about it because it's such fun.” PeopleFunTalkingReaderBecomingObjectivesFringePeople TalkingAvid Author:John Noble