One of the two is almost always a prevailing tendency of every author: either not to say some things which certainly should… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
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I said it before and I’ll say it again: books are dead, plays are dead, poems are dead: there’s only movies. Music… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
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Seven of my novels take place in the Southwest, in the Four Corners area which has been my home since 1973. I… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
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