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Books Quotes by Diana Gabaldon

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Diana Gabaldon talks about setting a birthday deadline to start a novel and letting a story grow its own shape. She says characters can act like mirrors of the writer’s own personality. She also enjoys the feel of real books, running her fingers over leather shelves.

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I cannot remember not being able to read.

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A general cry of "What book? What book? Let us see this famous book!

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If you want to know anything about me, read my books - it's all there.

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I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.

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My mom would keep all kinds of materials in her classroom for children for reading. She kept comic books, newspapers, sports magazines,…

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I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough.

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I don't think I ever consciously separated 'school' books from any others; I just read anything that came across my path.

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I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of…

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I understand the visual media very well, as I used to write comic books for Walt Disney, and I've written a graphic…

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“The words were before him, and yet I thought he wasn't reading them from the paper, but from the pages of his…

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“You felt as though the book took as much interest in you as you did in it and was willing to help…

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I don't plan the books ahead of time. It's not like Harry Potter. I don't work in a straight line. I don't…

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I've never been willing to commit to more than one at a time, because I just don't know - I don't plan…

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While you certainly will recognize 'Outlander' if you've been reading the books, there's also this wonderful sense of novelty and discovery about…

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Each book develops a strong organic shape. And when that shape is complete, the book is complete. I don't know where the…

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“People plan their reading? Takes all kinds… Books just find me. They converge upon me like flocks of benevolent vultures. They follow…

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I took to saying, 'Look, tell you what: Pick it up; open it anywhere. Read three pages. If you can put it…

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My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is…

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There are always people screeching and upset that I did this or didn't do that. Basically, they're upset that I didn't rewrite…

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My husband gets up at around 5.30 A.M., so I'll tuck him in around 9.30 P.M. or 10 P.M., and then I'll…

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All of my books have an internal geometric shape, and once I've seen the shape, then the writing gets much faster and…

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You could tell from the books whether a library was meant for show or not. Books that were used had an open,…

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“Its appearance was greeted with cries of rapture, and following a brief struggle over possesion of the volume, William rescued it before…

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“And below, the notebook filled with fine cursive script, laying out in strict order conclusion and delusion, mingling myth and science, drawing…

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I will literally read anything, regardless of genre, fiction or non-fiction, as long as it's well written.

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“I tell you what. Pick it up, open it anywhere, and read three pages. If you can put it down again, I’ll…

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Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot—but not…

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Eight was about the age I was when I realized that people actually produced books, they didn't just spring out of the…

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When' Voyager', the third book of the series, hit the 'New York Times' bestseller list, they very honorably redesigned the covers and…

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I hated 'The Lovely Bones'. I thought her vision of Heaven was amazingly uninspired and very depressing. The book was just tedious.

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My mother taught me to read in part by reading me Walt Disney comics, and I never stopped.

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The only thing I knew about novels from a technical point of view was that they should have conflict.

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“Reading is of course dry work, and further refreshment was called for and consumed.”

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When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I can write anywhere.

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You see one scene shot 25 times in one day, which is totally fascinating, but while you're watching it, you're remembering, 'This…

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If you're going to have more than one person read your book, they're going to have totally different opinions and responses. No…

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I've read a lot of classic literature from assorted cultures, and always glad to read more when one comes across my path…

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I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at…

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Oh, 'Pandaemonium', by Chris Brookmyre! Just fabulous - such a layered, beautifully structured, engaging, intelligent book. I love all Chris's stuff, but…

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“Jamie felt a strong desire to go across and see what the open books were, to go to the shelves and run…

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“It was…hard. I didna call out, or let them see I was scairt, but I couldna keep my feet. Halfway through it, I fell…

I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

“We are bound,you and I, and nothing on this earth shall part me from you."One large hand rose to stroke my hair. "D'ye mind…

I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality.

My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy…

“My Da says you’re never drunk, so long as ye can hold on to the floor.”

When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone.

“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other,…

“I didn’t answer, occupied in dissolving the penicillin tablets in the vial of sterile water. I selected a glass barrel, fitted a needle, and…