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I certainly think that the publishing houses have to learn more about this informal network of literary blogging and get over the… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
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All my life, I've wanted to write a book inspired by my relationship with my grandfather. Basically, my grandfather was a guy… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different… — Lalla Ward Copy Share Image
I find inspiration in many places. Sometimes music gives me the kernel of a story. Sometimes it's dissatisfaction with the plot of… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I lived for four years in the 1930s with these individuals and the only time that I wasn't thinking about dealing with… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
Writing books for me is anyway much like a military campaign. I confess to fighting my way through with military metaphors. There… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn,… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
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When I published my first novel, 'Slammed,' I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands,… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
In crime fiction, I cut my teeth on early Robert Parker, Elmore Leonard, John D. MacDonald, and Alan Furst. I always loved… — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image
The key word for my book The Woman in Black is unsettling... because you're not terrified all of the time or even… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
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I met a guy who had the same theory and wrote a book about it. His name is Walter C. Wright Jr.… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
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“Romantics. This book does contain some romantic ideas, and romantic situations that are of the heart, nothing that is in anyway X… — Kevin Moccia Copy Share Image
It’s the ability to bring events and characters to a resolution that draws me to writing, especially writing for children. I don’t… — Tim Wynne-Jones Copy Share Image
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Curiously, for all the outpourings of scholarship on Theodore Roosevelt, no one had written a book focused directly on his leadership approach,… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
Of course some people manage to write books really young and publish really young. But for most writers, it takes several years… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
'Daughters of Britannia' is a fascinating book, not least because it shines a light on a very dark corner of Foreign Office… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
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The wisdom of literature is quite antithetical to having opinions. 'Nothing is my last word about anything,' said Henry James. Furnishing opinions,… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
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Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed; it is the same as it… — Awrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
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