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Virginia Woolf came along in the early part of the century and essentially said through her writing, yes, big books can be… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
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“The endorsements on books aren’t entirely impartial. Unbeknownst to the average reader, blurbs are more often than not from the writer’s best… — Rachel Donadio Copy Share Image
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“Assessment should not be about defining a reader but about piecing together information to help us design classroom experiences so we can… — Clare Landrigan Copy Share Image
It's the best motivation to have a particular beloved reader in mind! Because you feel this urgency that you really want somebody… — Idra Novey Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“I ended my first book with the words 'no answer.' I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Is not he? I had him along for his books and potions, and kept him for his character. Profundities of disgruntled sentiments,… — Michelle Franklin Copy Share Image
I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
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If men were but to read the New Testament with the same tone and emphasis, with which they do other books, and… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
I just LOVE these quotes. Inspiring read as always. Loved the last two points about slowing down and enjoying the small things.… — ZhatsPrincess Copy Share Image
“Lempriere's Bibliotecha Classica?" she said, reading the title. She looked up at him, her eyes wide. "How did you know?" He shrugged,… — Megan Frampton Copy Share Image
It has historically been a comfort for the bourgeois and that you can read the most extreme books and not change. You… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
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“Will you ever let me go, Estin?” she asked eventually. Estin snorted and closed the book. “I let you go a little… — Jim Galford Copy Share Image
There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
When I saw what painting had done in the last thirty years, what literature had done - people like Joyce and Virginia… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
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When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I educated myself, and it made me feel good. I went to museums. I read books. I did all the things, pretty… — Stephanie Seymour Copy Share Image
What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
One of my friends who writes novels says that once the book is published, it's a separate thing from you; it becomes… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much an open book. I am a fanatic golfer and golf nut. If I have three free hours any day,… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
But lest I should mislead any when I have my own head and obey my whims, let me remind the reader that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Off and on for many years, I tried to write a book about my childhood. I’d bring chapters to workshop, to writing… — Heather Sellers Copy Share Image
If I were doing somebody else's script or I adapted a book by Philip Roth, on set there could be a million… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“The disorder in Yashar's apartment was that comfortable littering and stacking that only another writer can recognize as order - the considered… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
My father read Günter Grass. He introduced me to German literature. I believe the first book I read by a German author… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Heart isn’t something you find in soap operas and Harlequin novels. It’s that pure essence–sheltered deep inside–that occasionally makes its way to… — James D. Maxon Copy Share Image
“Nothing takes you out of yourself the way a good book does, but at the same time nothing makes you more aware… — Wendy Lesser Copy Share Image
I want to read books and go for walks and make dinner. I guess there are people who love working and that's… — Robert Sean Leonard Copy Share Image
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