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My main reader was my wife Sheila, and I haven't written a lot since she died. — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time. — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
When somebody tells you there's something wrong with your book they're almost always right, when they tell you how to fix it… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
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One way to be aware of it, to teach to yourself, is simply to read work aloud. I love reading the endings… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
“Here, I pause to offer a prayer for my gentle reader: May you never, ever, have to get a divorce in New… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Within half an hour of posting a piece on 'Slate,' I get a direct, often hostile and personal, response from readers. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
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“And most conveniently she leaves her handkerchief behind!” said Poirot. “Exactly as it happens in the books and on the films—and to… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Talk away. If you bore us, we have books." With this invitation Rickie began to relate his history. The reader who has… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Until one morning, one of the coldest mornings of the year, when I came in with the book cart and found Jean… — Vicki Myron Copy Share Image
I have a team. Everyday I wake up and I put on the uniform: mistakes, regret, what could've been; and if I… — Nathan Scott Copy Share Image
“Can I have this?" Iris asked in her honeydew voice, holding up one of the novels I'd brought her so that Amy… — Nicole Peeler Copy Share Image
I keep writing books about why TV is good. There's nothing more fun to me than steering people toward something that I… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
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