When you get pregnant, you start reading pregnancy books. Everything has been pretty textbook. It's amazing how they can say , 'This… — Anna Silk Copy Share Image
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I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother's house was filled with English… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
Why do I like to write short stories? Well, I certainly didn't intend to. I was going to write a novel. And… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history,… — Stan Sakai Copy Share Image
“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers,… — Courtney Martin Copy Share Image
The analytical writer observes the reader as he is; accordingly, he makes his calculation, sets his machine to make the appropriate effect… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
We still write too many stories that are "state of the race" stories that are informed almost solely by what the polling… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
Old Testament, is really one of the most wickedest books you'll ever come across. God is an insecure, rage-filled hybrid of Bobby… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
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Blogging has mostly been an opportunity to react more immediately to experiences to try out ideas that I may end up using… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
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Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy is a major contribution to art therapy literature and practice. Laury Rappaport introduces a contemplative method and philosophy grounded… — Shaun McNiff Copy Share Image
Gemmell's name guarantees a satisfying story and a thumping good read. I recommend all his heroic creations - 'Druss the axeman,' 'the… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
In the dark, with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering, the library is a closed space, a universe of… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
What I fear is not being forgotten after my death, but, rather, not being enough forgotten. As we were saying, it is… — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
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Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
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I think it's a fallacy to say that a good book sells itself. It doesn't happen. I'm a voracious reader and I… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“What do you do when you can’t go on, Monsieur Perdu?” he asked wearily. “Me? Nothing.” Next to nothing. I take night… — Nina George Copy Share Image
A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the 'mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
When I studied with Nicholas Ray he was always telling us, "If you want to make films, watch a lot of films,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
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“Darwin’s theory of evolution, at least in its author’s eyes, dealt solely with the natural world. Yet it was as attractive to… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
I've spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books. I spoke to anybody… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
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I was paid more for the serialization rights for each book than I got as an advance for my first novel. In… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I think you tell the story that has to be told. You tell the story that's the truth. You tell the story… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Books, gentlemen, are a species of men, and introduced to them you circulate in the "very best society" that this world can… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
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There was this book that Judi Dench wrote that said there was a moment where, before an actor can be this or… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
I wrote my first novel in the same conditions as most first novelists - I had a full-time job, I shared an… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
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