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I haven't scoured Dixie out of my voice. But I don't think that the books that I have written... have really in… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Old books exert a strange fascination for me -- their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
My favorite book is my next one. I’m always hoping to make my next book my best one. — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
When the record book on you is finished, let it show your wins and losses. But don't let it show you didn't… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head. — Christopher Logue Copy Share Image
Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels. — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Dogwalker is a book of fiction, with characters based on the types of people who truly exist in the world. I've seen… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
“We have had no polemic interest in writing this book. It would be foolish to deny, however, that our enthusiasm for the… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
“It occurred to me all of a sudden, said Amalfitano, it’s a Duchamp idea, leaving a geometry book hanging exposed to the… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“My parents placed a high value on reading, starting with the King James Bible, and one whole wall of our living room… — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
“Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I hate set dissertations,--and above all things in the world, 'tis one of the silliest things in one of them, to darken… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .The success of a work of art, to my mind, may… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Companies like Enron have learned that small investments in endowing chairs, sponsoring research programs or hiring moonlighting professors can return big payoffs… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
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“Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
Life is like a Book.Don't try to open my book if you are not going to read it — Sushan Sharma Copy Share Image
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It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image