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I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
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The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of… — Donald Harington Copy Share Image
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I always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such a passionate reader. She read poetry… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
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There aren't many children's books about black characters that are just going on adventures. My library has over 2,000 children's books in… — Martellus Bennett Copy Share Image
I wish my prose to be transparentI don't want the reader to stumble over me; I want him to look through what… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
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I didn't think [Ella Enchanted] would get published. Everything I'd written till then had been rejected. If it was published, I thought… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
Does the novel have to deepen the psychology of its heroes? Certainly the modern novel does, but the ancient legends did not… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
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Real understanding does not come from what we learn in books; it comes from what we learn from love of nature, of… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
With the first novel, I had to tell myself, 'No one is ever going to read it, so you might as well… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
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If you are identified with certain opinions and an ability to express them, and if you can build yourself an audience, a… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“It is the case that, albeit to a lesser extent, all fictions make their readers live "the impossible", taking them out of… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
For me getting paid for art is a class issue. I don't have the luxury not to care. It's great if your… — Nicole Georges Copy Share Image
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Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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