Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting -… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
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My son and I discovered Terry Pratchett's books together, when he was about eleven years old. He'd be reading on his own… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also read against… — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
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Along with all those books about Lincoln, Obama might read some biographies of Napoleon. The general who established the Legion d'Honneur understood… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
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My mother has always encouraged me to do what I love. When I started being interested in fashion, she was very supportive,… — Joseph Altuzarra Copy Share Image
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
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Of course, authors can still burn their manuscripts - but once something is out in the world, especially if it ever saw… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
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the process of a book's coming to life is not fully complete until your imagination meets mine on the page. The words… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad.… — Daniel Sturridge Copy Share Image
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But the penciled sheets did not seem like nor smell like the library book so she had given it up, consoling herself… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
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I had a column for the 'Seattle Weekly' for five years, and there was one column that was called 'How To Be… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the… — John Donne Copy Share Image
There's just something "off" about equating the act of spending three years writing a book with the act of someone exploiting themselves… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
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A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
The plot is very important because writers have to play fair with their readers, but no one would care about the plot… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The pattern recognition theory of mind that I articulate in this book is based on a different fundamental unit: not the neuron… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
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“there is a man who is mentioned in the Book of Exodus who is named “Nahshon.” And when Moses calls on God… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share Image
I always wrote. I wrote from when I was 12. That was therapeutic for me in those days. I wrote things to… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Literature was not promulgated by a pale and emasculated critical priesthood singing their litanies in empty churches, nor is it a game… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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I use a computer, but before I begin each new book I keep a notebook. I write down everything that comes to… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
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