Even in horror novels where you know most characters aren't going to make it to the end, it's crucial to have fully… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
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Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
This, books can do-nor this alone; they give New views to life, and teach us how to live; They soothe the grieved,… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
“That summer, Lee Harvey Oswald handed out pro-Castro literature stamped with the address 544 Camp Street, a commercial building. This was a… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
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The concept of a midlife crisis is a well known one perpetuated by books and films. And recently the idea of a… — Oliver Robinson Copy Share Image
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood… — Bible Copy Share Image
And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that… — Bible Copy Share Image
She was like a heroine in a novel that she herself was writing the character kept protesting that she was too strong… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
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For every Book of Job, there's a Book of Leviticus, featuring some of the most boring prose ever written. But if you… — David Benioff Copy Share Image
Why does one write these books after all? The drudgery, the misery, the grind, are forgotten everytime; and one launches another, and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
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“A professional headshot in front of a bookshelf says you're an intellectual. A professional headshot peeking though a bookshelf says you're probably… — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
In the end, of course, all novelists will be judged by their novels, but let's not forget that we will also need… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“But see, that's the thing about movies. Nothing is left to the imagination. You read a book, and you see a picture… — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
The theme that runs through all my books is connection. Connection - physical and non-physical - with other humans, and connection with… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
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“Books should be like magical jewelled boxes. It’s the writer’s job to tell the story. My job [the artist] is to make… — Thomas Canty Copy Share Image
Literature should not be exclusive, it should be inclusive. My general view is that you can't, based on your own experience, project… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
“But life- I'd come to find out- was pretty damn large. It coiled and wove and spun its own story, threading together… — Megan Squires Copy Share Image
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My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Agents are deal makers, and they're really, really good at making deals. But they're also exceptionally helpful after the deal is made… — John Romaniello Copy Share Image
Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
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I no longer know the author of this book, for simply stopping long enough and writing it down was where I changed… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
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