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Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what audiences want to see,… — Ted Kotcheff Copy Share Image
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I do not begin my novel at the beginning, I do not reach chapter three before I reach chapter four, I do… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
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Fiction and non-fiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons I do not fully understand, fiction dances out of me.… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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First-book novelists and storywriters haven't yet failed and so it's easier to publish them - you can gamble on a success. Whereas… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
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I am unpacking my library. Yes I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
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No one wrote better about the sin of pride, the corruption of power and the redemption of love. I will miss you,… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
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I'm a bachelor in the old sense of the word, meaning I flirt, I have very many close relationships, but then I… — William Ivey Long Copy Share Image
Life's about ego. So for someone to talk about my ego, as they are writing their piece about my ego, I'm wondering… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
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It felt good to be surrounded by books, by all this solid knowledge, by these objects that could be ripped page by… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
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'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about. — Brian Koppelman Copy Share Image
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Decorators never quite saw the point of massing books. Books brought colour to a room and filled it up, but shelves bearing… — Peter York Copy Share Image
I was writing from a very, very early age. My father used to write. He died early, and my mother was a… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
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Please don't worry. It's a psychological complaint, common amongst ex-librarians. You see, she thinks she's a coffee table edition... — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
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