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I'm not one of these people who is sour about academia. I'm very lucky not to be in academia, but I am… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
The web has changed the way we organise information in a very clear way: from the boundaried, solid format of books and… — Katharine Viner Copy Share Image
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
It takes me about a week and a half to read the typical book. I don't know how many ten-day spans I… — Ken Kalfus Copy Share Image
I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is about Norma Jean Baker, who becomes Marilyn Monroe, which I called a fictitious biography.… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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My intent is not to inflame Muslims but to entertain readers of great thrillers. At the end of the day, I want… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
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When you write a program, think of it primarily as a work of literature. You're trying to write something that human beings… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
Blindsight is excellent. It's state-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one. Like a C… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
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One of the most astonishing things about Jesus is that as God he actually chose to come into our fallen, sick, twisted,… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out. Only the copied text thus… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I think one of the blessings that I've had in watching, you know, films be made now from four of my books… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
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Do not drop your tears on the ground, drop your tears on the book. Give it to the wrong guy and say… — Anthony Barger Copy Share Image
If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
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You could say I'd rewritten the same novel three times and I thought I had to move on. The success of the… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I've always dabbled. I've always nearly written a book, I've always tried painting, I've always tried to make something out of ideas,… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
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I always write too long in the beginning, then it is a matter of going through it over and over again on… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
...The Chinese in the 9th century AD utilized a book entitled The Thousand Golden Prescriptions, which described how rice polish could be… — Jeffrey Bland Copy Share Image
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But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
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There was a time when only wise books were read helping us to bear our pain and misery. This, after all, is… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
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