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I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
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The great revelation of the quantum theory was that features of discreteness were discovered in the Book of Nature, in a context… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving… — Max Shulman Copy Share Image
Quinn Cummings is a master story-teller and her book is nothing short of delightful. Her insights into topics like celebrity, parenting, and… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
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Ideally, I would create a book so interdependent and self-sustaining in its parts, so wondrously connected word by word and paragraph by… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
I wrote "Win" for people on both sides, legitimately on both sides. If you're a Democrat listening to this right now, you… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
In descriptions of Nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“The weapons of our warfare, and which alone are powerful to break down the strongholds of error, are not carnal, but spiritual.… — John Newton Copy Share Image
If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes,… — Alice James Copy Share Image
In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I don't really read a lot. I got a few Booker Prize books and some others and thought I'd try this but… — Limmy Copy Share Image
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Ethical inquiry has always been motivated by the aim of improving human conduct. It doesn't follow from that that the goal is… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
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Books are almost always better than the movies made from them, because there are things books do well and things movies do… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
In my view the time for rousing revolutionary literature has passed, because the revolution has already revolutionised itself to death and has… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Reading is the gateway to so many things that helps makes it possible for seven billion people to live together on one… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
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Indian food beats everything else, in my book. The kinds of cuisine our country offers is just amazing. Every single dish has… — Farhan Akhtar Copy Share Image
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The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have… — Richard Helms Copy Share Image
I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
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In the lead-up to the launch of my new book I Was Here, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about depression and… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
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Now that I think about it, I was arrested in 1992. Some people may think of that as a bad thing, but… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
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I enjoy the research element. There are so many stories from the past that interest me, that I want to learn more… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
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Ultimately, there's always been a link between comic books and video games, and comic books and movies, and then basically all three… — Troy Duffy Copy Share Image
I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
The novel is final form; it's the ultimate individual final form. Television and motion pictures never get there. You'd be fabulous to… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
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