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You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living. — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
I'm supremely grateful and seriously pleased that readers enjoy my words. — Alison Tyler Copy Share Image
Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
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I like to think that when I fall, A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea, This shelf of books along the wall, Beside… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this: A… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
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I have an idea of how the book will finish up, but it very rarely finishes up the way that I think… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I had mostly been writing humor books, and my instinct is generally to go for the joke. — Jory John Copy Share Image
I read Jilly Cooper when I was on the verge of just growing up and I was becoming a woman. — Georgia Toffolo Copy Share Image
I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating,… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
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Since the last decades of the nineteenth century, revolt against the objectified world has determined the character of art and literature. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“Montag tried to see the men's faces, the old faces he remembered from the firelight, lined and tired. He was looking for… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I am sometimes referred to as Excuse Me in an annoyed tone of voice, because apparently I am in the way. I… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each. — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
Tokyopop's been extraordinary. They approached me to do My Dead Girlfriend - Julie Taylor, one of the senior editors was a huge… — Eric Wight Copy Share Image
My interest is always to get as deeply as I can into the minds and spirits of the characters and let the… — Adam Haslett Copy Share Image
When my friends asked me to blog, I thought why not write a book? People may be interested in knowing what it… — Aishwarya R. Dhanush Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in what the public thinks. My fight is in the courts. And while I have been fighting with the… — John Wayne Gacy Copy Share Image
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A news junkie, I read, daily, the 'Times/Sunday Times,' the 'Guardian/Observer,' 'Mail,' and the 'Argus' - both to keep up with crime… — Peter James Copy Share Image
Listening to people discussing a novel can be very interesting, if you've read whatever novel is being discussed. No one, it seems,… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
When I was working on 'Drown' - this was way back in the mid-'90s - I had this idea that I wanted… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
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