#read

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #focus #genre #lot #mind

I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And it's like, she didn't care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot. ↗

— Britney Spears

#came #care #exact #friends #harsh

Spreading the news is your duty as a Christian, and there are many ways to do this. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#duty #many #news #spreading #ways

If I don't need the money, I don't work. I'm going to spend time with my family and friends, and I'm going to travel and read and listen to music and try to learn a little bit more about how to be a human being, as opposed to learning how to be somebody else. ↗

— James Spader

#being #bit #else #family #friends

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#already #call #i #intrusion #leading

I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #done #every #fifteen #hundred

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#characters #feel #i #i think #novels

What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#change #few #few people #happy #i

Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about. ↗

— Britney Spears

#book #every #every night #i #mind

When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#already #because #before #bobby #fischer