One of the problems and the reason why Carolyn [Maloney ] wrote the book, the Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
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'Marley and Me' was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have a modest… — John Grogan Copy Share Image
'MAD Magazine' put out a book that was a collection of Trump cartoons, and they asked me to do the forward because… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
None of us can be proof against the influences that proceed from the persons he associates with. Wherefore, in books and men,… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
The script in many ways is limiting and novel is liberating. You get to go into the heads of your characters and… — Juliet Asante Copy Share Image
While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels, I liked them. And there was a period… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
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I spent the majority of time at school trying to break the rules. I would climb to the top of buildings; I… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
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From the Book of Mormon come other precious promises, including promises of peace, freedom, and blessings if we 'will but serve the… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
To understand the works of celebrated authors, to comprehend their systems, and retain their reasonings, is a task more than equal to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The book is a uniquely durable object, one that can be fully enjoyed without being damaged. A book doesn't require fuel, food,… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
Most difficult thing in the world, to write a play. Do you know the story of Shaw at the Fabian society? H.G.… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
I pierced one nipple. Not both. Just one. She has it in the books and I wanted to get as many of… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
I write songs like someone would write a really tiny book. I think it's the same thing. It's building this world, painting… — Maisie Peters Copy Share Image
I do think that books are invaluable as a reservoir of what we call the human space. And this is why I… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
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In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
People say, "Look, your book [Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle] is about tall tales." And I said, "No, you… — Si Robertson Copy Share Image
Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of… — Edgar Lee Masters Copy Share Image
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Stranger, pause and look; From the dust of ages Lift this little book, Turn the tattered pages, Read me, do not let… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
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I didn't think of the narrative as making a judgment. It didn't occur to me the reader would either, but that doesn't… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
When my novels are packaged as exclusively for women, I'm not only cut off from a vital portion of my audience but… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
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In an extensive reading of recent books by psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and inspirationalists, I have discovered that they all suffer from one… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
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In a sense, the artwork is the most important thing in getting somebody to buy a book. The person probably won't buy… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
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