Neiman's book is written with considerable flair, as many critics have already noted, but it possesses a far rarer and more valuable… — Mark Kingwell Copy Share Image
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
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As it turned out, if you look at the history, everything in superhero comic books pretty much lies between Superman and Batman:… — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
Without a human voice to read them aloud, or a pair of wide eyes following them by flashlight beneath a blanket, books… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
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We may need simple and heroic legends for that peculiar genre of literature known as the textbook. But historians must also labor… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
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All the children seem to be coming out quite intelligent, thank goodness. It would have been such a bore to be the… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
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I tried, after I wrote 'Twilight,' to read 'The Historian,' because it was the big thing that summer. But I can't read… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
There has to be a kind of grassroots push, a movement, as it were, against the inherent isolationism of American capitalism as… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
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And so, when I began to read the proffered pages, I at one moment lost the train of thought in the text… — Milorad Pavić Copy Share Image
I stood willingly and gladly in the characters of everything - other people, trees, clouds. And this is what I learned, that… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
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“And this is the library,” Mrs. Simcosky said, leading Beth into a generous room with a fire flickering in a river rock… — Trish McCallan Copy Share Image
I have dreamt of being an author since the age of 14, and writing about my experiences has always been a part… — Tim Cope Copy Share Image
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For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places… — William Safire Copy Share Image
It has been remarked (by a lady infinitely cleverer than the present author) how kindly disposed the world in general feels to… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
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Peter Watts has taken the core myths of the First Contact story and shaken them to pieces. The result is a shocking… — Karl Schroeder Copy Share Image
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“his classic book Holiness, J.C. Ryle says, “Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find… — Ronnie Martin Copy Share Image
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A large part of the appeal of this novel when I was lucky enough to stumble across the story idea for 'A… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
This book, "Speaking Freely," starts when I came to New York. And the first chapter is about a man who became a… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Sad to say, multi-tasking is beyond me. I read one book at a time all the way through. If I'm reviewing the… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
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