I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
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Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“We can finally start translating the book," Cate said. "At least, I think we can." "A rousing call, not dissimilar from the… — Nina Post Copy Share Image
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We've all had the experience of you pick up a book, you can't get into it, you can't concentrate.Then one day you… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
A text may be superbly written, exquisitely subtle, deeply meaningful, but still seem like a luxury extra, something we add to the… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
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Science is constantly proved all the time. If we take something like any fiction, any holy book, and destroyed it, in a… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
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There's no such thing as the contemporary novel. Before I seem the complete reactionary, let me add that I've happily joined in… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
Rereading one's own novels after many years is always a fraught business, but when a novel has fallen out of print -… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Quentin and I were constantly finding something new that we had in common and comic books were one of them. I think… — David Carradine Copy Share Image
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Now, my mom did not read well and she read 'True Romance' magazines, but she read with me. And she would spend… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
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