“Aryami Bose's home had been closed up for years, inhabited only by books and paintings, but the spectre of thousands of memories… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
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I am a conventional science fiction author. But that said, once your work is published, it no longer belongs to you. It… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
Many of the narratives can only tend to excite ideas the worst calculated for a female breast: Every thing is called plainly… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The boundary between expert and amateur was an imposed social-cultural "protection" which actually exposed a number of women to a fatal disease,… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
“She did find that the books displayed prominently in every chamber had been dusted, but the spines were pristine and uncreased. They… — Genevieve Cogman Copy Share Image
I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and… — Jonathan Davis Copy Share Image
I love the box that such a decision puts you in, and I love the interest the reader has in seeing how… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
“These last few months Vida had started believing in all kinds of strange things she'd have laughed at when we lived back… — Judith Clarke Copy Share Image
She didn't want the typical Hollywood lifestyle of juggling a career and leaving the kids at home with nannies, so she'd take… — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Copy Share Image
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Vicky became more serious and her tone more reflective as she remarked, "Life has so much pain that one needs a catharsis.… — Flora Rheta Schreiber Copy Share Image
On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
“...because you are not trying simply to complete a set of books or toys or Weetabix cards, you are trying to complete… — Neil Perryman Copy Share Image
“For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
I try not to be influenced when it comes to being creative, just in order to sustain my own voice and character.… — Doc Brown Copy Share Image
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In one sphere above all others, Anne Boleyn still had the power to influence him, and that was in the case of… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
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I have become an enthusiast for the printed word again. I have to be that, I now understand, because I want to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Since I don't come from a privileged background, I couldn't afford to be irresponsible with career decisions. I wrote two books alongside… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
'Wild at Heart' created a set of expectations maybe, partly, on my part, certainly on my publisher's part, but also in the… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“One could not but play for a moment with the thought of what might have happened if Charlotte Brontë had possessed say… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I hope I have now made it clear why I thought it best, in speaking of the dissonances between fiction and reality… — Frank Kermode Copy Share Image
“Beth had never been one of those girls who'd imagined her wedding. Acted it out with some barbies. Bought Bride magazine as… — J. R. Ward Copy Share Image
What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
One easy mistake to make with the first novel is to expand the short story. Some things are better as a story;… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of… — Michael P. Anderson Copy Share Image
I learned how to cook, began reading books on food. I began to understand about nutrition. It never had occurred to me… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which, a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I write as if I'm someone reading the book - often people ask if I write one strand first and then go… — Ruth Ware Copy Share Image
You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent - but you have to have luck… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
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