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Writing a diary every evening before going to bed is a good habit. We can record in the diary how much time… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The only thing that makes a book YA is that it is about teenagers, and it is written in a very conventional,… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
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For me, an ideal novel is a dialogue between writer and reader, both a collaborative experience and an intimate exchange of emotions… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
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I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and I don't pick the topic first. In fact, the topic picks… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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I think writers always want to be taken seriously as writers, but it's not always possible. There's a difference between persistence and… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated… — Andrea Barrett Copy Share Image
Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
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The writer is a definite human phenomenon. He is almost a type - as pugilists are a type. He may be a… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
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Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. Writing… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
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I plot the first 5 or 6 chapters quite minutely, and also the end. So I know where I am going but… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
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You don't write a book. You write a sentence and then a paragraph and then a page and then a chapter. Looking… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
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In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
To Americans Boris Vian has long been one of the hidden glories of French literature. In I Spit on Your Graves, he… — Jim Krusoe Copy Share Image
Writing let me escape... It let me escape the insistent tug of my family, and its ongoing misery. Sitting in front of… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
“The novel, of course, is an unequaled medium for the exploration of human social and emotional life. And there is evidence that… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
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Girl, Woman, Other' by Bernadine Evaristo is so phenomenally written, following the interlinking lives and stories of women of colour navigating life… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
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