I sort of hate the novel when it doesn't push, restlessly, against the tradition and the traditional. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
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'The Fourth Hand' was a novel that came from twenty years of screenwriting concurrently with whatever novel I'm writing. — John Irving Copy Share Image
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God knows, people who are paid to have attitudes toward things, professional critics, make me sick; camp-following eunuchs of literature. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
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Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
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Sophie [Kinsella]'s writing just captivated me. We bought this eight years ago, before it became an international success and was only one… — Jerry Bruckheimer Copy Share Image
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I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels. — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
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the wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
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The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read," we postpone "reading to learn learning itself - by years. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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