“Say, do we kill the women too?" "Well, Ben Rogers, if I was as ignorant as you I wouldn't let on. Kill… — mark twain Copy Share Image
A form wherein we can enjoy simultaneously what is best in both the novel and the short story form. My plan was… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Probably a good idea, let me know how it ends" "I already know how it ends" "You read the ending first?" "I… — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
I have a very big apartment in Paris but you can't really move around there anymore; piles of books everywhere. I don't… — Peter Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Honestly, before I started working at the comic shop, I was not a huge comic reader. I grew up reading 'Archie' and… — Kate Leth Copy Share Image
I can learn a lot from reading briefing books and talking to experts, but that pales in comparison to what I can… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
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What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Physicists use 'God' as a metaphor more often than other scientists-- especially in popular writing, but in the technical literature as well.… — Taner Edis Copy Share Image
Someone putting down $25 of his or her hard-earned money to buy my product, then doing it again because they felt the… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with the Canadian novel 'Anne of Green Gables'. I decided I was Anne of Green Gables. There was something… — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
Modern American literature was born in protest, born in rebellion, born out of the sense of loss and indirection which was imposed… — Alfred Kazin Copy Share Image
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For me my big dream that I would like to achieve is for each book to be better than the books that… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Even my novels offer passages in which the major character is imagined as a writer. In Joss and Gold, Li An is… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
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“Science fiction and fantasy literature has always been defined by tales of heroism. It is meant to represent humanity at our very… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“He tells his friend, the noble wizard Gandalf, “I wish none of this had happened.” Gandalf’s reply is one of the greatest… — Joe De Sena Copy Share Image
Near that a dusty paint-box, some odd hooks, A half-burnt match, an ivory block, three books, Where conic sections, spherics, logarithms, To… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there's no need… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You all know that certain things are necessary to make a religion. First of all, there is the book. The power of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: 'What's great about that sixth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“She looked up and smiled. “I’m glad you found some books that interest you. Would you like a glass of lemonade?” Though… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
A writer often wants to change a reader’s perception about the world, which is a political act. But we have to work… — Caryl Phillips Copy Share Image
“My one regret is that my own knowledge of European literature at that time was too shallow to inform him that there… — Ben Watson Copy Share Image
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“He read while the stew bubbled and became lost in one of the Mordenian romances Heldreth kept on the shelf. Novels from… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
Flavor Five is a book with recipes using five ingredients to possibly be cooked in just five minutes. It will be very… — Rocco DiSpirito Copy Share Image
If you make a book which is little more than putting a television script on the page, and add a few pictures,… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
“This book, then, is a product of the last fifteen years, as well as a product of the fifteen years that preceded… — Michael E. Gerber Copy Share Image
I know, speaking for myself, no matter what I'm able to do, no matter what book comes out and ends up on… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
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Someone ought to write a novel about me,” said Lebedeva loftily. “I shouldn’t care if they lied to make it more interesting,… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Any alphabet book for children where 'P is for Patti' Smith and 'X is for the women whose names we don't know'… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
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