As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
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The writer must face the fact that ordinary lives are what most people live most of the time, and that the novel… — John Updike Copy Share Image
My books often involve characters who began in some form of mental isolation, with a feeling of having died to the world.… — Kem Nunn Copy Share Image
The thing about literature is that, yes, there are kind of tides of fashion, you know; people come in and out of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
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I actually had publishers that would encourage me at times to keep it simpler, not pack in so much information, but I'm… — Walker Hayes Copy Share Image
O thou who art able to write a book which once in the two centuries or oftener there is a man gifted… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
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You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear -… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons,… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody would like, none of our readers would like,… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
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I think that many managers we meet do take their roles as leaders very seriously and do a lot for their people.… — Adrian Gostick Copy Share Image
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Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
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A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
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I'm not the first person to have said this - no writer ever feels that the execution of a book lives up… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“He had realised that it was Clara he loved, and that he loved her in many different ways. (Because there are even… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
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