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Usually when I read something, first of all I'm looking for the story and then when I reread it, I'm sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary.
Gus Van Sant

Looking, Read, Story

I often reread books I have written.
Taylor Caldwell

Often, Books, Written

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.
Joyce Maynard

Experience, Thinking, Him

When I wrote 'The Pregnant Widow' three or four years ago, I tried to reread my first novel, 'The Rachel Papers,' because their young heroes are the same age. I couldn't finish it. It seemed to me so technically slapdash and weak.
Martin Amis

Age, Same, Young

I don't reread my books.
Graham Swift

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.
Russell Banks

Tell, Themselves, Worth

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept.
Anne McCaffrey

Another, Often, Books

I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.
Harri Holkeri

Difference, Written, Mine

Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.
Francois Mauriac

True, Enough, Tell

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that I noticed dozens and dozens of clumsy phrases I wished I could rewrite.
Peter Straub

Friend, Through, Times

I can no more reread my own books than I can watch old home movies or look at snapshots of myself as a child. I wind up sitting on the floor, paralyzed by grief and nostalgia.
Francine Prose

Home, Movies, Old

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.
Cliff Fadiman

Book, Before, Classic

My favorite novel is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because of its broad sweep, its tackling of big issues in ways that even young minds can make sense of and for the heart of the characters, who span a wide range of ages. I reread it every year.
Ridley Pearson

Heart, Young, Big

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