He wanted nothing, for the time being, except to understand .... Without advice, assistance or plan, he began reading an incongruous assortment… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
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For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he came to me and said, "I want to do everything that's in the book, and… — John August Copy Share Image
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'The Book of Love' is the kind of James L. Brooks mainstream movie that the majors are ignoring. — Dean Devlin Copy Share Image
Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
I never remain passive in the process of reading: while I read I am engaged in a constant creative activity, which leads… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
“Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Johnny Got His Gun, A Farewell to Arms, A Prayer for Owen Meany, some years Wuthering Heights, Silas… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
In all my novels, a sense of place - not just geographic but social - is a critical element. I have always… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished. — Alistair Maclean Copy Share Image
I want to force myself again and again to leave the warmth and security of static situations and move into the world… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search. — Antonio Tabucchi Copy Share Image
Just when you think you’ve got Arranged figured out, time and again Catherine McKenzie delivers the flawless, unexpected twist that keeps you… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
I own a hundred and fifty books, but I have no bookcase. Nobody will lend me a bookcase. — Henny Youngman Copy Share Image
I'd say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don't go by me; I'm as bad a judge… — George Burns Copy Share Image
You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
“Just finished [Capitalist in North Korea]—fascinating! What an experience. Wow.” — Justin Rohrlich Emmy Award Winner Head Writer Minyanville's World In Review Copy Share Image
I've been really lucky to get on shows that stay on. It's one thing to book a show, and it's like winning… — Coby Bell Copy Share Image
Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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What's important to me is that all of my books are in print - and, in a way, that becomes the challenge,… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
I'm always depressed when a book ends, because those are my friends for however long the book takes to write. Since I… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
Maberry is a master at writing scenes that surge and hum with tension. The pacing is relentless. He presses the accelerator to… — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
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It's like with Smallville, I'm sure those creators didn't know I had done a ton of Star Trek work. I was just… — Phil Morris Copy Share Image
The book shows Clinton in the presidency as a profile in growth. — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
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I think I'm a pretty open book. We're all a work in progress, and I'm not ashamed to say that I don't… — Adrienne Bailon Copy Share Image
Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I want her to be powerful on these covers, and sometimes that's a quiet power and other times it's a more bombastic… — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
In his recent book, When Brute Force Fails, UCLA's Kleiman argues that new strategies for targeting repeat offenders--including reforms to make probation… — David Von Drehle Copy Share Image
People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
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After the German occupation of Holland in May 1940, the last two dark years of the war I spent hiding indoors from… — Nicolaas Bloembergen Copy Share Image
People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I havent the faintest idea. Thats why youre… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Morality, then, is not a set of arbitrary regulations dictated by a vengeful deity and written down in a book; nor is… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
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