I don't think of myself as a fast reader. I just read a lot. When someone else might think, 'I might do… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Reading is perception as translation. The inert signs of an alphabet become living meanings in the mind. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Never give up on a book, unless, it's exceeding bad, in which case, abandon ship and try another book. There, I hope… — Kaela Brown Copy Share Image
I write in a very strange way. Things are very fragmentary for a very long time, and then they come together very… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there… — Mary Abigail Dodge Copy Share Image
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The library, with its Daedalian labyrinth, mysterious hush, and faintly ominous aroma of knowledge, has been replaced by the computer's cheap glow,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I know 'Dabangg' has some pre-requisites. Every film has some requisites that you have to fulfill. I sat down with my writer… — Arbaaz Khan Copy Share Image
Living our lifes is like writing a book. It starts the same for all of us and the ending is unknown for… — Andreea-Paula Calugaru Copy Share Image
When you find a writer who really is saying something to you, read everything that writer has written and you will get… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Literary interviews are inevitably packed with the nuts and bolts of how writers do their work, and there's very little that aspiring… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
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“I stroked a big red A on top of his paper. Looked at it for a moment or two, then added a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I want you to hear how I can tell stories. I want you to hear how I can make these records about… — Kirko Bangz Copy Share Image
One of the things is, in the writing process, if you do it enough, you have a sense of where you are.… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
I don't think there is any such thing as a black writer or a white writer. Ultimately, there is someone whom one… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
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My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
“I do not write feelings, emotions i do not write After that day on love anything i do not write My silence… — Mohammed Zaki Ansari Copy Share Image
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I had been working on a second book with [David] Petraeus called Relentless. Obviously that book and the income that it would… — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
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And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
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If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes. — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
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Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
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The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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I don't write out of fear. I write out of a strong urge to meet death on its own eternal terms, because… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
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