Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
With all editing, no matter how sensitive - and I've been very lucky here - I react sulkily at first, but then… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I have never been able to read Agatha Christie - the pleasure is purely in the puzzle, and the reader is toyed… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Books are surviving in this intense, fragmented, hyper-accelerated present, and my sense and hope is that things will slow down again and… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Several months later, and I have finally read one of the three (books), even though I wanted to read all three of… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
You like to think with young adults that with your books, a little part of it has reached them and will stay… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
We're headed for collapse, if you want my opinion, Missy. I can see it in the fallin' off of the quality of… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
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People always ask, "How do you get in the mind of the teen reader?" I think all human beings have these common… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“This is the biggest lot of abolitionist trash I ever saw.” “No it isn’t,” I said. “That book wasn’t even written until… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
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Spread the glad tidings that it will not disappoint Miss Heyer's many admirers. Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
The idea for me came when I was watching a 60 Minutes segment about resveratrol, the chemical in red wine that lets… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
Because I've a track record of talking about books I never write, in Australia they think I'm about to write a book… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
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But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could put every point you wanted in -… — Ted Nelson Copy Share Image
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If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
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Bicycling beyond the Divide did what all great books do: it told me about me. In its tale of a journey made… — Bret Lott Copy Share Image
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I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
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The book is even quirkier, but it's hard to bring all of that stuff to a movie. With a book, you use… — Jemaine Clement Copy Share Image
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Stephanie Kallos's lovely and heartfelt first novel is a gift. A story of broken hearts and broken promises, it is also the… — Sheri Holman Copy Share Image
I'm a very wide reader. I read serious books and I read airplane, forgettable books. I never have fewer than four or… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
What I've learnt is to be in the now. It's something my mum has always said to me, and when I read… — Alesha Dixon Copy Share Image
I want to be the apostle of self destruction. I want my book to affect man's reason, his emotions, his nerves, his… — Leonid Andreyev Copy Share Image
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[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't… — Laszlo Radvanyi Copy Share Image
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