I'll never be the sort of author who sells that many copies. You'll never see a book of mine being sold on… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
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As you consider whether to move a child into formal academic training, remember that we want our children to do more than… — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
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On the dashboard of our family car is a shallow indentation about the size of a paperback book. If you are looking… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
If you get the characters right you've done sometimes nearly half the work. I sometimes find I get the characters right then… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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Much is written of the power of the Press, a power which may last but a day; by comparison little is heard… — Stanley Unwin Copy Share Image
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There's no question that the next generation of terrorists, rather than going for small, little dramas, will go for the big one.… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
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Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I… — Cristina Saralegui Copy Share Image
-Mikhail?...Try making suggestions next time, or just plain asking. You go do whatever it is you're doing, and I'll go search you… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
We know from this book entitled... What is it? Surrendered? Succumbed? I can never remember the title perform. And we learn from… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“I Read by Stephen Sondheim from "Passion" Fosca: I do not read to think. I do not read to learn. I do… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I believe that I improve with every book I write - most writers will probably tell you the same thing. I'm still… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
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I want to make a summing up, brief and to the point, but thorough. I have never suppressed a word in my… — John Henry Mackay Copy Share Image
All these are readers, and their gestures, their craft, the pleasure, the responsibility and the power they derive from reading, are common… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
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I know I'll keep writing poems. That's the constant. I don't know about novels. They're hard. It takes so much concentrated effort.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I think Bob Dylan showed us that songs can rise to the level of literature, and he proved it over and over… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
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You sing about the things you're influenced by. So we've been big into sci-fi since we were kids, things like Star Trek… — Dino Cazares Copy Share Image
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I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image