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The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry. And I think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The worst kind of novel is one that blames other people for the racial problem in order to make the reader feel… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
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I'm fortunate enough to get to make books for a living, so I spend my entire workday alone in my studio quietly… — Vera Brosgol Copy Share Image
You only had widespread literacy and books that people could afford in the middle of the 19th century. Did more people read… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
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We can be reluctant to recognize how much of our culture was literary, particularly now that so many of the institutional purveyors… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
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You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen,… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
With Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward has written the best sort of novel-a beautiful, important book that's both unflinching and tender, heartbreaking… — Skip Horack Copy Share Image
There's always been a quality to being a science-fiction reader. Usually, you're the only one in your class, or there are only… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
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I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third… — Alan Ritchson Copy Share Image
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The Yeas are relatively uniform. They view [Bob] Dylan as one of the greatest artists of his or any era, who deserves… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
I believe that half the trouble in the world comes from people asking 'What have I achieved?' rather than 'What have I… — Walter Farley Copy Share Image
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Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print.… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
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About writing I learned that always, always, always it's necessary to haunt your settings. I'm a big researcher. All my fiction is… — Lucy Jane Bledsoe Copy Share Image
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Every single day, authors read at bookstores and libraries - and coffeeshops and bars - all over the country. And these readings… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Our audience is all the girls who made Britney a huge star. Those are the girls who bought the book. I didn't… — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
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I miss my mother very much, and I feel closest to her when I have dinner in the oven and the children… — Caitlin Flanagan Copy Share Image
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