Theological writing is usually done in essays or books, but I hope to show that if we concentrate on sentences, we may… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
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All the old school Young Adult novels inspired me. I grew up reading R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Richie Cusick, and so on.… — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
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The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ, and we learn about Him in its pages. We know that it… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
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It is an aphorism in physic, that unwholesome airs, because perpetually sucked into the lungs, do distemper health more than coarser diet… — Frances Osborne Copy Share Image
When I am dead--I say it that way because from the things I know, I do not expect to live long enough… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Traditionally, people have been adapting novels and short stories forever. Now, they're doing it simultaneously, with an eye towards writing the movie… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
The only place where you can really surprise or shock the reader, or make someone laugh, is on the lower righthand corner… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
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The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over the years, we've managed… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
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There were many times in my initial days as a writer when I had felt the need to talk to someone, to… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
'Simon' was always a word-of-mouth book. When it came out in 2015, I don't know that anybody thought that 'Simon' could be… — Becky Albertalli Copy Share Image
“Although most early Christian prophecy was oral, not written, John had plenty of models for a written prophecy, both in the prophetic… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“the many hours Amy and I spent there, she sitting on the bank reading from a book of poems or some dreary… — L.A. Meyer Copy Share Image
I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
All I had when I began writing the first book was rather vague images conjured up by the notion of a man… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Jury trials are really nothing more than poorly written stage plays. You’ve got two authors writing opposing narratives and a director who… — Elizabeth L. Silver Copy Share Image
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I suppose I've always been attracted to this sort of outsider in general - in literature, in music, politics, whatever - and… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
If you're too scared to put your dreams, thoughts, desires, fantasies on paper and share them with the world, then being an… — P. C. Cast Copy Share Image
I'm always writing new books so I don't dwell on the ones I've already done. I think that's a habit from being… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Time helps, it is slow and it is painful but it works. Talking helps. Going out with other people, seeing friends... He'll… — Khat Leen Copy Share Image
Theater roles are written by the great masters. The greatest literature that you can possibly know are the theater roles like King… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
What does literature do for me? I think I solve problems in my writing. They may be my problems, but perhaps others… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
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“Kafka said, A book must be an axe for the frozen sea inside us, which sounds great, but what good is an… — Matt Rasmussen Copy Share Image
“Greetings again, dear reader! So we've come to the third book in the James Potter series, and things are about to change… — G. Norman Lippert Copy Share Image
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