People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich… — Roy Blount, Jr Copy Share Image
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You can have your beliefs, but if you're not devout, you can't quite believe that something which grows out of a story,… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
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“My mother was an excellent woman. Pious, virtuous. Kind. But she was not the intellectual equal of my father. Not by any… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
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This variety of objects will suspend, for some time, the course of the narrative; but the interruption will be censured only by… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I've reread 'The Secret Garden' every year as an adult. I have a battered copy on my bookshelf - it's really quite… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
I'm always tempted in the back of my mind to continue to write things in the Star Trek universe, in the novels… — Ronald D. Moore Copy Share Image
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I've just finished a series of Olivia Manning novels. She's best known for two trilogies: Balkan Trilogy and Levant Trilogy. The six… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
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I think the biggest influence on the book, as far as the humor goes, comes, at least indirectly, from the men I… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
My family was absolutely supportive. I did have a fear of cold reads because of my dyslexia, but my family's support and… — Bella Thorne Copy Share Image
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Then I realized what separated us: what I thought about him could not reach him; it was psychology, the kind they write… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The stakes in my books tend to be kind of ridiculously high. In 'Kid vs. Squid,' the question is whether or not… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
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“In the twentieth century nothing can better cure the anthropocentrism that is the author of all our ills than to cast ourselves… — Julio Cortázar Copy Share Image
Fatherhood is the best thing I ever did. It changes your perspective. You can write a book, you can make a movie,… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
“Ferhat came in one evening with a book called Examples of Beautiful Love Letters and How to Write Them. To make sure… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
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“I have vowed to heal in the name of all beings. This vow is being fulfilled, Sofia, with the testimony of this… — Phakyab RINPOCHE Copy Share Image
Write and people will come to read. Write and people will heed to your words and share them with others. Not all… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Nick chided a censor, who wished some books gone, and suggested she scan Fahrenheit 451. For the book-budget cutters, Old Claus had… — David Davis Copy Share Image
I tell you one thing that's great about children. They don't need a show to have fun. What do they need? A… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
It's true that misunderstanding and lack of understanding are often themes in my fiction, but I am grateful for the moments when… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
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I want to knock on people's doors and preach. But I also meet a lot of people on planes and in restaurants,… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
I am delighted if people find that kind of sustenance in novels, but perhaps it's because they don't read the Scripture that… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Kaethe Schwehn's poignant memoir explores longing, both spiritual and physical, community and faith, in prose that is calm, lovely, and filled with… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
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