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Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
People come, people go'' they'll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
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
Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then a period of… — Colm Toibin 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
“Look, there’s not much useful to take away from this book – it’s largely stories of a woman who has spent her… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
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I don't see that my age has anything to do with what is between the covers of my book, any more than… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
There was a woman on the radio the other day who had wrote a book about how difficult it was in meetings… — Alice Nutter Copy Share Image
You can be an artist without visual images, a reader without eyes, a mass of erudition with a bad elementary memory. In… — William James Copy Share Image
Christopher Walken could literally read a phone book and fill a theater, and it would be interesting to watch. I've often wanted… — Gary Cole Copy Share Image
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The Bible was the only book he read. He didn't read it often but when he did he wore his mother's glasses.… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
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“Outside Styx's apartment was not the first time Rochester and I had met, or would it be the last. We first encountered… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Another trouble with poetry - and I'm gonna stop the list at two - is the presence of presumptuousness in poetry, the… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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Having read the source material, I had to have drawn from that. As a fan, I wanted to remain true to that… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I was reading books filled with people different from me, all French, all foreigners. There was a… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
I hold conferences, and the result of that was that the secular community also started picking up my stuff, and pretty soon… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
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“Vi?" Jag's soft voice called from the other room. I'd been soaking so long, the water in the tub was cold. I… — Elana Johnson Copy Share Image
I admit my reading time is limited because I can write in the situations and places where people usually read. But reading… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
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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
Serving the reader by working cooperatively with the writer? Sometimes throwing 'the rules' out the window? Clearing the decks of pet peeves,… — Craig Lancaster Copy Share Image
“I tended to fall in love with characters in books. Most guys I went to school with were far too interested in… — Trisha Haddad Copy Share Image
The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything… — Kate Mulgrew Copy Share Image
One demands two things of a poem. Firstly, it must be a well-made verbal object that does honor to the language in… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“That’s why the Bible is not a book about going to heaven. The action is here. The life is here. The point… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Console Wars is a narrative account based on information obtained from hundreds of interviews. Re-creating a story of this nature, which draws… — Blake J. Harris Copy Share Image
I've had my nose in a book my whole life. I never thought it would be useful, but it is now. What's… — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
“From the time when the exercise of the intellect became a source of strength and of wealth, we see that every addition… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
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