A flop is often the result of the fact that each of the talents involved, while working on the same project, may… — Ethan Mordden Copy Share Image
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says that death is the graduation ceremony, while living is just a long course in… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
I spent a long time in art school so I can really draw. I'll doodle and suddenly I'll find the beginning of… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer , who worked for… — George Packer Copy Share Image
She either confused me with a much older child or else she glimpsed deep inside my soul and perceived a hole that… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
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There will never again be a day exactly like today. There will never again be a moment exactly like this moment. After… — Ryan Miller Copy Share Image
I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
I like to read a couple books at once. I was reading the Princess Diana book. I'm reading a book about Chicago… — Heidi Montag Copy Share Image
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There are three reasons why this book came into being. First, throughout the 33 years I've been writing recipes - although I'm… — Delia Smith Copy Share Image
Solitary people, these book lovers. I think it's swell that there are people you don't have to worry about when you don't… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
The trouble with calling a book a novel, well, it's not like I'm writing the same book all the time, but there… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
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When you're adapting a novel, there are always scenes taken out of the book, and no matter which scenes they are, it's… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
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Sight by Jessie Greengrass was put up on Instagram by an acquaintance, so no one actually recommended it to me personally and… — Phoebe Fox Copy Share Image
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Few real people appear in my two novels, actually. "Ari" appears on the edge of this book a couple of times -… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
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I both didn't know Owen [Suskind] beforehand and didn't have any connection to the autistic community. But Owen wasn't really a problem,… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
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A grain of real knowledge, of genuine controllable conviction, will outweigh a bushel of adroitness; and to produce persuasion there is one… — John Robert Seeley Copy Share Image
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My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
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He [Mencken] was an autodidact, with all the misplaced confidence and all the astonishing gaps that characterize that breed. Not many of… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
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If you would understand this secret, you must first understand the distinction between training an animal and educating one. Trained animals are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer , who worked for President [Lindon] Johnson in Saigon. This book is about the inevitably of screwing up when a country takes on a war with so little understanding of the country they are fighting.” quote by George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/49e/george-packer-2917_book_one-book-that-i-heard-was-circulating-th_474756.jpg)
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