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We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
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It is scary to write - period - for me, but once you get past the idea that it's scary to write,… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
As a writer, Chris Columbus was a big influence. 'The Goonies' was the first movie I ever saw that kids speak normally… — Adam Green Copy Share Image
Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I think literature can make familiar the unfamiliar, and the unfamiliar is very much about the dispossessed, and so the value of… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, 'Read,' but a writer… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
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So much for the right books; the right use of them is another matter. The children must enjoy the book. The ideas… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
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I don't ever think about the utility of fiction. I don't believe in it or certainly don't require anybody to consider it.… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
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Lemberger's stories are marvelous compounds of scholarship, imagination and empathy. Brought to life with rich historical detail, these biblical women, sidelined and… — Michelle Huneven Copy Share Image
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I'm not writing necessarily for an audience. I think about the audience at the end, once I have a complete book. But,… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
The important thing is not what we write but how we write, and in my opinion the modern writer must be an… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
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If the book is good, is about something that you know, and is truly written, and reading it over you see that… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
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