I get enjoyment out of writing, but I get absolutely no enjoyment out of rewriting, so I don't do much of it.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Life is a story, and you are the author. You hold the pen, only you have the power to write your ending.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I tried to get into comics initially after I graduated Clemson in 1994. I spent a year trying to get in, and… — Jonathan Hickman Copy Share Image
Everyone knows who Bonzo is - you can just go pick up those books and read these fisherman's-tale stories. But at home… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
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At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices… The various qualities of my readings seem to permeate my every muscle,… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I'm a spiritual person, I believe that if you read the bible, you get what you want from it. But, when you… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
All novelists must form their personal pacts in some way with the slowness of their craft. There are some who demand of… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
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“[…] detective novels are not novels of detection, still less of revelation, still less of solution. Those are all necessary, but not… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
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Just looking at me, I am a Black man. Born and bred, through and through. But I am also a lot of… — Kevin Grevioux Copy Share Image
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No common-place is ever effectually got rid of, except by essentially emptying one's self of it into a book; for oncetrapped in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The cynic about human nature might say that religious morality is an effective way of keeping people in line. The threat of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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A lot of talent, a lot of the currency that movies used to have, has spilled over into TV. People talk about… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
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![“[…] detective novels are not novels of detection, still less of revelation, still less of solution. Those are all necessary, but not only are they insufficient, but they are in certain ways regrettable. These are novels of potentiality. Quantum narratives. Their power isn’t in their final acts…” quote by China Miéville](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/377/china-mi-ville-1303_books_detective-novels-are-not-novels-of-detec_417611.jpg)
![“[The laws of logic] were placed in our minds by the Creator during the act of creation. We speak because God has spoken. God is not the author of confusion, irrationality, or the absurd. Furthermore, his words are meant to be understood by his creatures, and a necessary condition for his…” quote by R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/910/r-c-sproul-1006_books_the-laws-of-logic-were-placed-in-our-min_3168675.jpg)
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![“They [his readers, whom he asks to be his friends] will find that I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of first introducing it into minds which were ignorant of its charms” (Casanova, p.34, Vol 1 Preface).” quote by Casanova](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/4dc/casanova-60999_books_they-his-readers-whom-he-asks-to-be-his_110086.jpg)
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