I more seriously considered publishing it under a pseudonym than I considered publishing it as fiction. I think the decision to write… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake.… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
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You have to seduce the reader, manipulate their mind and heart, listen to the music of language. I sometimes think of prose… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
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Books have always been living things to me. Some of my encounters with new authors have changed my life a little. When… — Liv Ullmann Copy Share Image
Personal credibility has everything to do with how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves. Sandy Allgeier’s book teaches the all-important… — Michele Borba Copy Share Image
I think the key anecdote in the book is when Colin [Powell] and I were discussing Iraq. Colin was upstairs in the… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Paymasters come in only two sizes: one sort shows you where the book says that you can't have what you've got coming… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
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He that loves a book will never want a [close] friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study,… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
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There are a range of women not represented in the Western fairy tale tradition. Husband-beaters are particularly interesting, as well as male… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre. It's a completely different discipline, it exists… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
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I wouldn't say design has become strictly functional. A lot of cars these days look downright comic book to me, and the… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
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There is not a more disgusting spectacle under the sun than our subserviency to British criticism. It is disgusting, first, because it… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Get Up is basically the book I wanted to have my first year of sobriety. I wish someone had given me this… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
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