#boo

Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index. ↗

— Julie Burchill

#arts #book #first #first thing #i

When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer. ↗

— Melvin Burgess

#called #child #collecting #decide #english

I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look. ↗

— Delta Burke

#books #drama #drama school #fabulous #go

In the initial season of a show, you're figuring out your character and their life and their background and you're putting together all the chapters of the book. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#book #chapters #character #figuring #initial

A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set. ↗

— Jimmy Cannon

#fan #rabid #set #sports #sports fan

I often reread books I have written. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#i #often #reread #written

I get sent a lot of scripts which feature him as a kind of all-purpose Victorian literary character and really understand little, if anything, about him, his life or his books. ↗

— Simon Callow

#anything #books #character #feature #get

Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever. ↗

— Roberto Calvi

#book #call #ever #i #i can

Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to take a page out of their notebook. ↗

— Ben Nighthorse Campbell

#african #african americans #beginning #behind #first

They offered me millions and millions and millions of dollars to write books about Cary. That was between us. That was private. I'll always love him. ↗

— Dyan Cannon

#always #between #books #cary #dollars