I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
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I'm beginning to feel that no author has the right to tear his characters apart if he doesn't know how, or feel… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
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“And yes, I confess, when I looked at him, I thought of Heathcliff and Mr Rochester and Maxim de Winter... and how… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
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“B. How is Jesus able to understand our weaknesses? C. How is our great high priest different from us? 2. Read 1… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
There were many books in my parents' home. I'm from a family of five children and we were all readers. And so… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
Throw out the rule book. If you like wearing navy and black together, wear it; if you like mixing up gold and… — Amber Le Bon Copy Share Image
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To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
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Almost everything I've learned about journalism has been from other friends who are journalists, taking advantage of the money I hope they… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
“All that's needed now is a great novel that will capture the imagination of the public - move them, enrage them, thrill… — Michael Farber Copy Share Image
In general, a writer would like to think that the best book that he has written is the book that he is… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
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Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you… — Harvey Keitel Copy Share Image
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I suppose drama can either take the place of a novel or can be very closely allied with it. It's quite customary… — William Golding Copy Share Image
My library card. Every hurdle I've faced, I have researched my way over at a library. I'm grateful for that part of… — Sarah Bird Copy Share Image
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I just love details; I love trying to make the reader smell what I was smelling at the time and see what… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
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I state in my book 'Become Your Own Matchmaker,' confidence is the key to any endeavor. Women don't realize that when they… — Patti Stanger Copy Share Image
Writing 'Native Guard,' I didn't know I was working on a single book. I began writing that book because I was interested… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
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For me, before I learned how to read I was really interested in story and in landscape and nature. I decided to… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
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I started writing novels while an undergraduate student, in an attempt to make sense of the city of Edinburgh, using a detective… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
As a reader, I do not like to have everything handed to me. Because after a while it gets formulaic and I'm… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
I have no illusions that my work can rouse the masses to create change, because literature simply doesn't have that power anymore… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
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