“I think it's an indulgence to [write] the other [non-linear] way. I think it's a kind of cowardice. There are places in… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
“No novel is anything, for the purposes either of comedy or tragedy, unless the reader can sympathise with the characters whose names… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
There's always these giant baffling books, like 'The Da Vinci Code.' People say it's not as well written as 'Midnight's Children.' Why… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I'll never forget reading Chekhov's "A Doctor's Visit" on a train to Hawthorne, New York, and I got to the end -… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
For each book, there's a back story of where the idea came from. Sometimes it's derived from a current event or topic… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“I learned a lot, when I was a child, from novels and stories, even fairytales have some point to them--the good ones.… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
“In The Gutenberg Elegies, Sven Birkerts laments the loss of “deep reading,” which requires intense concentration, a conscious lowering of the gates… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
Before computers were everywhere I used record books, the old-fashioned way. I loved to cram, and I still love to cram, anything… — Steve Bunce Copy Share Image
If the fidelity [ in a book] isn't maintained, the reader will think your structure is extraneous, or superficial, or that you're… — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
“A good book is like really loved item at a really good restaurant, every time you go there you order it to… — K.A Cameron Copy Share Image
When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Brendan stopped reading. The words had melted into a liquid blur...In his possession was a box full of information that would likely… — Lynda Meyers Copy Share Image
I write at all different times. I write in my bed, I write at the table. I need to get it together.… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
For me, marriage should be about partnership. How can you love someone you have to take care of like a child all… — Lynsay Sands Copy Share Image
“How did you come to be a Christian? I sought the Lord. But how did you come to seek the Lord? The… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
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I never feel a huge need for backstory in my novels or films. Quick sketches are often enough. When you encounter people… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“We ran like young wild furies, where angels feared to tread. The woods were dark and deep. Before us demons fled. We… — Robert McCammon Copy Share Image
“Fred Harrison claimed in his book Ricardo's Law: House Prices and the Great Tax Clawback System that property owners are generally able… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
I would like to write a Book which would drive men mad, which would be like an open door leading them where… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
“Here, you carry these. I may need my hands free. Why the hell are we taking ‘The Dream of the Red Chamber?’… — Genevieve Cogman Copy Share Image
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“The library drew Bean down the street, as it had drawn all of us over the years. Our parents had trained us… — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
They're {Marvel] the ones who have went out and bought the comic book whenever it came out. They're the real investors. They… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
You read a bunch of books and you get a bunch of how-tos, and you take a bunch of classes and you… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
“In books I mee the dead as if they were alive, in books I see what is yet to come... All things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All told, she owned fourteen books, but she saw her story as being made up predominantly of ten of them. Of those… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“From ... the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. ... I… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I had some very, very fond memories of the people I worked with and the authors I worked with - and I… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President [Barack] Obama, nor my support of… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
“Martin, perceiving some shelves filled with English books, said to the senator, “I fancy that a republican must be highly delighted with… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Some Asian American male scholars have claimed this muse to be Guong Goong, God of Literature, and, simultaneously, although not coincidentally or… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Women are books, and men the readers be, Who sometimes in those books erratas see; Yet oft the reader's raptured with each… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
![“I think it's an indulgence to [write] the other [non-linear] way. I think it's a kind of cowardice. There are places in anyone's books that are going to be easier than other parts. And if when you come to a part that's difficult and think, 'Hm, I'll skip that,' all you're doing is lining up these…” quote by Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/8f2/clive-barker-773_big-book_i-think-it-s-an-indulgence-to-write-the_3031826.png)
![“If the fidelity [ in a book] isn't maintained, the reader will think your structure is extraneous, or superficial, or that you're trying to curry favor, or live up to the expectations of some sort of genre or structure.” quote by David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/205/david-bezmozgis-20993_book_if-the-fidelity-in-a-book-isn-t-maintain_2695984.jpg)
![“They're {Marvel] the ones who have went out and bought the comic book whenever it came out. They're the real investors. They serve them. Having a chance to be part of that Marvel Universe is just - well, it is what it is. It's just fantastic.” quote by Ray Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d03/ray-stevenson-15916_book_they-re-marvel-the-ones-who-have-went-ou_1456029.jpg)
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