What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about it. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Each book gets harder, each book gets harder and harder. I always feel like crying when I have to write. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
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Read something that YOU want to read, not something that you feel compelled to read. — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
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January 8 has been a lucky day for me. I have started all my books on that day, and all of them… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
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The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Unlike sciences, literature as art relies on societal acceptance of a certain vocabulary. — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
People read so much into what I do. It's fascinating to me because some of it's probably there, but I haven't thought… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
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I've lived enough of my life story to know this- Fate writes the book, but you make the movie. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
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New rule: every fantasy author who doesn't treat horses like tireless hairy motorcycles automatically gets a Hugo. — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
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It's a terrible thing for a book, when you feel like you're supposed to like it. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
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I once considered writing a book called I'm not OK and you're not OK, and that's OK. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
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