The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book. — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
Publishers like their authors to take advantage of publicity opportunities. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Every book is a kind of struggle, and it's a miracle when it comes out. — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
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I don't necessarily think I look to books for ideas, but sometimes when I'm in the process of reading a great book,… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“If I were going to read one of your books, which one would you recommend?” “I’d recommend one by another author.” — Marc Levy Copy Share Image
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community. — Hansie Cronje Copy Share Image
On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Television is ever more ambitious, more akin to the Victorian novel with multiple narratives and more discursive material. — James Watkins Copy Share Image
Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Book Introduction by Skeleton Steve Love MINECRAFT? **Over 17,000 words of kid-friendly fun!** This high-quality fan fiction fantasy diary book is for… — Skeleton Steve Copy Share Image
I've never been pigeonholed and I've experienced so many different kinds of skin - what man will do and won't do, what… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
I think some people think that writers read and read and read, get the information, and then write. That's not how it… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“It stretches, this little trick of mine, from book to book, and everything else, comparatively, plays over the surface of it. The… — Henry James Copy Share Image
You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book(Lady Chatterley, for… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“That’s why you should flip through the pages so that someday you’d be an ebook author. So doing you’d save a newer… — S. A. David Copy Share Image
“Some years ago I read a book that brought Einstein's theory of relativity down to an eighth grade level. This convinced me… — Richard J. Maybury Copy Share Image
The Internet has made book burning impossible and redundant at the same time. — John Alejandro King Copy Share Image
Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature. — Roy Blount, Jr Copy Share Image
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I live my life like an open book, even though it's open on the wrong page. — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
“They say all art—whether books, music, or visual—is a reaction to other art.” — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
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