The mission of the Gestapo expanded steadily as from 1933 onward, "political criminality" was given a much broader definition than ever before… — Sheila Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
The ideas for my books come about in two ways. There can be an intellectual idea that seems to be the reason… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“A great book is not always on the best seller list, follow your own path to discovery” — Taylor Shawcross Copy Share Image
“Surely it is better, thought Domenica, that forty-five should buy the book and actually read it, than should many thousands, indeed millions,… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I have managed not to finish certain books. With barely a twinge of conscience, I hurl down what bores me or doesn't… — Lynne Sharon Schwartz Copy Share Image
“I don't know what to say about it, except that it moved me in a way one hopes to be moved each… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Giving the cat a name, like marriage, is not an easy thing. Soon I experienced the selection of name for a baby,… — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again. — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
For me, language and how I use it are very important. I held back on doing a poetry book, walking the fine… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
When I write a book I'm always questioning the project as a whole. I always feel I might have to just throw… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
People wanted more advice. So I finally thought I could totally put this advice into a book. — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
It’s time to close the books on infectious diseases, declare the war against pestilence won, and shift national resources to such chronic… — William H. Stewart Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, I know that some of you Hushlanders have trouble counting to three. (The Librarian- controlled schools don't want you to be… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it.… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
He trailed off as he saw the books. Piles and stacks of them beside the sofa, another stack on the coffee table,… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
No nation is better than its sacred book. In that book are expressed its highest ideals of life, and no nation rises… — David Josiah Brewer Copy Share Image
It's a book [Bink & Gollie] about shortness and tallness, so I think it's appropriate to discuss the virtues of shortness. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
In this respect a program is like a poem: you cannot write a poem without writing it. Yet people talk about programming… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
“I still care about physical books, gravitate to handsome editions and pretty dust jackets, and enjoy seeing rows of hardcovers on my… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
You won't see me writing about particle physics, or even planetary geology, or chemistry. I practically failed chemistry, and if I had… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
The book that first made me want to be a writer is Flannery O'Connor's short story collection 'A Good Man Is Hard… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The last book I read before I wrote my first book - 'Ghosts of Manhattan' - was 'The Gold Coast' by DeMille.… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
My anxiety about disasters is lower. The more you know, the less scary any of this stuff is. And that's my hope… — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
History ... with its long, leisurely, gentlemanly labors, the books arriving by post, the cards to be kept and filed, the sections… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
“Here's the thing: the act of reading changes your life, sometimes in large ways, sometimes in small ways, but every book you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Personally I don't think there's any real intrinsic difference between comic books, movies, theatre, novels. I know there's sure to be some… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
We don’t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I am very bad at remembering the books I've read and so recently I had a wonderful experience. I decided I wanted… — Samantha Hunt Copy Share Image
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