“He who writes this book in which hate is not hidden was formerly a pacifist...For him no disillusionment was ever greater or… — Emile Verhaeren Copy Share Image
I moved into the garage at my mom's house, she wouldn't let me into the house, and the garage didn't have any… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
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I do think that I have a sensitivity to the depictions of maybe all minorities in literature. And I think that the… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
It was a big thing for me to read black writers. 'Fences,' by August Wilson. James Baldwin's 'Amen Corner.' 'The Fire Next… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
“Is Islam such a weak religion that it cannot tolerate a book written against it? Not my Islam!” — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
I read as many books about the psychology of a psychopath as I could and I researched what exactly happens to soldiers. — Patrick Heusinger Copy Share Image
The one thing I've always done as an author is talk to my publicists. Because they have all the best stories -… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I might defend the reviewing trade, but a handful of haughty hired hands no longer having the last word on books is… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Between history and the novel stands biography, their unwanted offspring, which has brought a great embarrassment to them both. — Michael Holroyd Copy Share Image
Read properly, fewer books than a hundred would suffice for a liberal education. Read superficially, the British Museum Library might still leave… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The novel is... the anti-form proper to modernity itself (which is to say, of capitalism and its cultural and epistemological categories, its… — Fredric Jameson Copy Share Image
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“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end it's about enriching the lives… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them. — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I used to read voraciously while in school and cinema was always a fascination. Law was the safe backup plan. — Anoop Menon Copy Share Image
Having the urge to write a novel, especially if you've yet to be published, is like having a medical condition impossible to… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“while we waited to see what God would do. I heard a tear fall—it was one of my grandmother’s tears, and I… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“I came across a contemporary version of the twenty-third Psalm entitled “Psalm 23 Revisited.” In it, the author captures perfectly where many… — Wayne Cordeiro Copy Share Image
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I understood we used to be close. But they were like books i'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them,… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
Literature should be a kind of revolutionary manifesto against established morality and established society. — Guo Moruo Copy Share Image
“Dear Momma―Wherever you are, if ever you hear the word "nigger" again, remember they are advertising my book.” — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
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“For no matter what the factual data were, all the books written about Blacks by their conquerors reflected the conquerors viewpoints.” — Chancellor Williams Copy Share Image
“We all know how it says it’s going to end, Dreamer, but no one knows for sure. That’s up to you, and… — Chani Lynn Feener Copy Share Image
The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Of course the chronology of the books is a bit back- to - front, and books usually come out before movies. But… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
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I wasn't inspired so much by a person as by reading many good books. I loved to write and I wondered if… — Peg Kehret Copy Share Image
“it’s really just taking action—whether that’s approaching someone you’re intimidated by or deciding to finally crack a book on a subject you… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image