Because I never attended elementary schools of any kind, I missed most of the books that were popular with other kids my… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
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Are we to have a censor whose imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? And who… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Books are good but they are only maps. Reading a book by direction of a man I read that so many inches… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Auto da Fay reveals the trickles of a creative sensibility that later became a tide, but essentially, Weldon the writer emerges only… — Joanna Murray-Smith Copy Share Image
I've written some short stories about my personal experience, but it's not something you can use everywhere. Every novel, every work of… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
'American Gods' was designed to be, if not open-ended, at least a trilogy kind of shape, so there's definitely one more book,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
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My mother was almost entirely responsible for my cultural education. She took me to the library once a week, and by the… — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
I read the best works of some of the best satirists, and indeed best writers from the beginning of the Victorian era… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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To impress your offer on the mind of the reader or listener, it is necessary to put it into brief, simple language...No… — John Caples Copy Share Image
I still don't think I've ever read a Nancy Drew book; I probably read three or four 'Hardy Boys' books when I… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
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Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
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I have to admit that I haven't read any of the books [of George Martin's "Game of Thrones"] and I don't refer… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
I have an agent, John Brockman, who is an agent to many academic authors like Dan Gilbert and Steven Pinker, and he's… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
“In his book Satisfy Your Soul, Bruce Demarest writes, A quieted heart is our best preparation for all this work of God.… — Michael Frost Copy Share Image
I don't think it's a coincidence that comic books appeal so strongly to children. Not that it negates any of their power… — Seth Copy Share Image
One of the underlying things I like to do in books, is just say, stop and look at this for a moment.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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One thing I had learned in college was that if you ever had a question about truth, reality, or the meaning of… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
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I write in Times New Roman, 12 point, and arrange the margins so that the screen looks like a page from a… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
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