There are hundreds of books about Woodrow Wilson, but I have an image of him in my mind that is unlike any… — A. Scott Berg Copy Share Image
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In our dreams we have seen another world, an honest world, a world decidedly more fair than the one in which we… — Subcomandante Marcos Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to psychoanalyze horror. They don't want to psychoanalyze a book like Gay Talese's "Sex with Your Neighbor" [sic] or something… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Literature more often tells the story of impulses we don't act on than of ones we do. I could joke about the… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
“In the same way many Christians--whole generations of them, sometimes entire denominations--have in their possession a book which will do a thousand… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
My relationship with Andrew JiYu Weiss has always been inspirational, his support and guidance always beneficial. My hope is that those who… — Claude AnShin Thomas Copy Share Image
The consumer mentality - we like something, what other flavor does it come in? We like that TV show, does it come… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
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I guess my approach to adapting books is to treat them with a deep respect on one level and at another level… — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
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Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
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A new chapter in my Book of Life I will do my best to colour each page with love, happiness, presence, compassion… — Babloo Copy Share Image
Indeed the Book of Job avowedly only answers mystery with mystery. Job is comforted with riddles; but he is comforted. Herein is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
When I used to play golf. It's a terrible miserable game. It's incredibly frustrating. In 18 holes you make 150 horrible shots… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
The dedication of this book is split seven ways: to Neil, to Jessica, to David, to Kenzie, to Di, to Anne, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
I was a promiscuous reader. I loved Nancy Drew books and Tom Swift - never the Hardy Boys - but I also… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
The nicest notes I've received from readers are those that tell me I've gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me,… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
Instead of hoping that some day the boys' club will open its doors, we can form our own clubs, define 'worthy' our… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
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Books are mute as far as sound is concerned. It follows that reading aloud is a combination of two distinct operations, of… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
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I didn't know enough as a writer to understand why I needed to do this, but I understood in a very gut… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I'm someone who… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“In my tradition, God revealed Himself in words and lives in stories and, no, you cannot touch or even see Him. The… — Jonathan Rosen Copy Share Image
Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I am writing this book because we're all going to die - In the loneliness of my own life, my father dead,… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
The rush to books and universities is like the rush to the public house. People want to drown their realization of the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I sat there for several moments, trying to decide how best I should respond. None of the advice I'd gotten from the… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
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The art of writing books is not yet invented. But it is at the point of being invented. Fragments of this nature… — Novalis Copy Share Image