“When I was Allie the Fringer, I used to collect books like this, from anywhere I could find them. Of Course, in… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
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“She was opinionated without being pushy. When choosing a book to read aloud, she would try to interest him in those spunky… — Barbara Wright Copy Share Image
When answering questions over the years about film and TV adaptations of my books, I have always maintained that no movie or… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
Writing with a simplified alphabet checked the power of custom of an oral tradition but implied a decline in the power of… — Harold Innis Copy Share Image
I was hugely formed by stories I was told as a child whether that was in a book, the cinema, theatre or… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
Doing crime films...maybe it's to some extent a matter of taste. Certainly my first novel had a criminal element and was about… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I write different kinds of sentences, depending on what the book is, and what the project is. I see my work evolving.… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
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Woe to that nation whose literature is disturbed by the intervention of power. Because that is not just a violation against "freedom… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
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Reading was only part of the thrill that a book represented. I got a dizzy pleasure from the weight and feel of… — Debra Ginsberg Copy Share Image
We are great mysteries. No matter what we imagine we may know, even for all the facts we might gather, we don't… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“I also wanted you to realize that even though the pain will always be there, I’m living proof you can get past… — E.L. Montes Copy Share Image
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I find it interesting that people often seem to believe that authors of realistic fiction are directly translating their personal experiences into… — Malinda Lo Copy Share Image
Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“You should spend more time reading the Good Book and less reading all those novels. What are you going to tell the… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
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The great thing about making picture books is that you can make absolutely anything you want happen. It's a bit like making… — Mini Grey Copy Share Image
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“So what if you burned a few books? Those librarians deserve it. When we're older, maybe we'll burn it to the ground… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“Promoting my first novel has been a vulnerable experience. I know many artists and for the first time, I truly understand the… — Pádraig O'Gorman Copy Share Image
“I am crying so hard at the end, partly for the characters, yes, but also because Nikki actually teaches this book to… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“Evidently, Hitler was deeply intrigued and impressed by Schertel’s book. Hitler carefully read the book, and underlined and marked certain passages and… — Nick Redfern Copy Share Image
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I always hope that readers, of my books, will take away whatever is most meaningful to them wherever they are at right… — Tosca Lee Copy Share Image
We've always read to the kids, every night both kids get books. That's really important, and they love books. Our daughter is… — Jeremiah Brent Copy Share Image
“Who built Thebes of the seven gates? In the books you will find the name of kings. Did the kings haul up… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
If the item of stolen property had been anything other than a book, it would have been confiscated. But a book is… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
It was in a stonecutter's house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery's grave that I found a manuscript… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
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“There was also a daughter, very short, very plump, very gay, an amazing production for the Gregorievitches. It was as if two… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“Moreover,' he mused relentlessly, 'I think that you'll be dreaming of me perhaps until the day you die.' She clapped her book… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
Writing 'Deathstroke' presents a number of challenges to me. As a Christian, as a minister, it's difficult for me to write a… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I had kept notes during my cancer treatment, but I wasn't sure what my outcome was going to be. A part of… — Manisha Koirala Copy Share Image
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