I want to talk to her. I want to have lunch with her. I want her to give me a book she… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
The problem with the screenplay is that it's not literature, and it's not a film. It's a very weird, technical kind of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Neither exhortations to virtue nor the argument of approaching death should divert us from literature; for in a good mind it excites… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
She tore a page from the book and ripped it in half. Then a chapter. Soon, there was nothing but scraps of… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Have I got a black book? Yes, it's called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
After all, the living book of God's creation lies open for all to see; it points constantly to the divine calling for… — Eberhard Arnold Copy Share Image
When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
It has always been my experience that, whatever groupings I choose for my books, the space in which I plan to lodge… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I used to joke that my next book would be about puppies that have lost a chew toy, and everywhere they went,… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
“In his book, The Happiness Trap, leading ACT practitioner Dr Russ Harris, explains that negative thoughts are only considered problematic if we… — Matt Lewis Copy Share Image
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I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
My stuff is direct. Critics have compared my writing style with boxing all the way back to 1978 when my first book… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
Parents who struggle to get a witness of the Savior into the heart of a child will be helped as they seek… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
“To make matters worse, some of the books had actually become migratory. In the nineteenth century Brakebills had appointed a librarian with… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
There is a book yearning to come out of me: about how we can build the new collaboration economy, and the role… — Robin Chase Copy Share Image
“I am an idealist who believes in reality, and who, therefore, in all i write strive to be real, to keep both… — Jack London Copy Share Image
“Historically in the literature CBT [Cognitive Behavioral Therapy] was inappropriately touted as a cure for patients with ME/CFS if they changed their… — Alison C. Bested Copy Share Image
There are some things that are more appropriate to a children's than an adult book but there's a huge overlapping area and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I love that thing on Amazon that you can go on and order a book, and you click on it and it… — Kelly Macdonald Copy Share Image
The wildest ride in modern crime novel exoticum. A novel so steeped in milieu that it feels as if you've blasted to… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I try to be a lot of things for the authors I work with - a careful reader, a helpful friend who… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
I had a very long discussion with Justice Gorsuch in my office, and he pointed out to me that he is a… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
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During the writing of all of my books, I've learned that, most of all, people want to know that someone is listening… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
“Y después de coger a mi general le gustaba salir al patio a fumarse su cigarro y a pensar en la tristeza… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
Every time when it comes to writing a book, I think, "I'm the last person in the world that should be doing… — David Toop Copy Share Image
“You can't fight a dirty person with clean hands and expect to win. Sometimes the playing field is muddy and you got… — J. Wrice Sr Copy Share Image
Spray a book with insect spray, drop it in a bag, add some mothballs and seal it. Put it in another bag… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“No cannolis are mentioned in the book or shooting script, but Coppola included the detail from his memories of the particular white… — Jenny M Jones Copy Share Image
“I invent stories, confront one with another, and by this means I ask questions. The stupidity of people comes from having an… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith. He had decided, the night before, that he would be… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If I want to read S.J. Perelman's Chicken Inspector No. 23 for the third time instead of some anguished, politically correct saga… — Mel White Copy Share Image
“Here was the same murmuring quiet, broken only by an occasional whisper, the faint thud of a librarian stamping books or overdue… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
My mother used to read me from Bank Street schools, that book, you know, Bank Street school had these early reader books.… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
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