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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.

I wasn't really comfortable reading until I was 12.

When I write, I tend to read it out loud to myself after. I'm a very uncomfortable reader, so it creates a distance between the text and me - it is a new way to see it.

I usually don't read things written about me and I certainly don't read things if they are inappropriate.

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

If you feel uncomfortable about something, just because you're in the public eye, it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt when people say things.

Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so I've stopped reading things now. I do worry about my family though. Some people do try some nasty things to get at them and try and get a reaction from them.

People read stuff over your shoulder when you're in public, and when you write the kind of stuff I do, and people read it over your shoulder, it makes you a little self-conscious.

I read all the time, and I'm often struck by something I'm reading.

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.