I probably read 100 times ...

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.
 Jean M. Auel

Quotes from the same author

Illness and accidents were mysterious manifestations of the war of the spirits, fought on the battleground of the body.
 Jean M. Auel
She lifted the drooping muzzle with both hands...It was a special embrace saved for special occasions.
 Jean M. Auel
Art was as much in the activity as in the results. Works of art were not just the finished product, but the thought, the action, the process that created them.
 Jean M. Auel