For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
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Real literature is something much better than a harmless instrument for getting through idle hours. The purpose of great literature is to… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Often in gothic novels there's a large house, an estate, and it's symbolic of that culture. Usually it's sort of moldering or… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, today in Germany I am called a German man… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
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You see one scene shot 25 times in one day, which is totally fascinating, but while you're watching it, you're remembering, 'This… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
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Elephant and Piggie have a very large input. They have a distinct aesthetic taste. They like books that are philosophical. They like… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
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Writing about unknown people means I spend a lot of time arguing to the reader about why it's worth knowing about them.… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
My questions did surprise some people. Others didn't bat an eye. That happens with all my books - I'll read them in… — Laurie Keller Copy Share Image
I've been writing the same book my whole life - that you're in one family, and all of a sudden, you're in… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
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From our human experience and history, at least as far as I am informed, I know that everything essential and great has… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
I won't call 'Cabin' an anti-home invasion story, because that's not exactly true, but the home-invasion subgenre is one I generally don't… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
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Folk tales are my favourite form of story telling. They not only just adjust the reader according to the world it is… — Shweta Basu Prasad Copy Share Image
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Russell's books should be bound in two colours, those dealing with mathematical logic in red - and all students of philosophy should… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
I just read a book on how to get control of my time and therefore of my life. My time has always… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
Consent of the Networked will become the seminal book firmly establishing the responsibility of those who control the architecture and the politics… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
I encourage all novelists to move to TV right now, that is the way to go. I was living in New York… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
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