If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes,… — Alice James Copy Share Image
In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
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Indian food beats everything else, in my book. The kinds of cuisine our country offers is just amazing. Every single dish has… — Farhan Akhtar Copy Share Image
“George Sears, called Nessmuk, whose “Woodcraft,” published in 1884, was the first American book on forest camping, and is written with so… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
Ethical inquiry has always been motivated by the aim of improving human conduct. It doesn't follow from that that the goal is… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Books are almost always better than the movies made from them, because there are things books do well and things movies do… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
In my view the time for rousing revolutionary literature has passed, because the revolution has already revolutionised itself to death and has… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Reading is the gateway to so many things that helps makes it possible for seven billion people to live together on one… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
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“Belle hesitated. “What is this place?” she asked. “A bit of magic, like all goodbooks,” the man replied. “An escape. A place… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
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I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
I love to read about anger. A "feel bad" book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history… — John Waters Copy Share Image
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Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving… — Max Shulman Copy Share Image
Quinn Cummings is a master story-teller and her book is nothing short of delightful. Her insights into topics like celebrity, parenting, and… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
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I wrote "Win" for people on both sides, legitimately on both sides. If you're a Democrat listening to this right now, you… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
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The great revelation of the quantum theory was that features of discreteness were discovered in the Book of Nature, in a context… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
I love books where you can fall in love with the character. And when I say fall in love, I don't mean… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Whenever I set out in a new direction, whether it's with a new band or being a frontman or writing a comic… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
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When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Is it possible to reproduce, later in life, the impact that books, records, and films have between the ages of fourteen and… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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