My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
Inflation is taxation and taxation is theft that takes more money out of hard-working Americans' pocket books. — Lauren Boebert Copy Share Image
Books are not only the arbitrary sum of our dreams, and our memory. They also give us the model of self-transcende nce. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
But there's no one here. There's just books. I mean it's not the books, is it? I mean it can't be the… — Donna Noble Copy Share Image
“It’s a shame they do that,” he says, thumbing through the pages. “Requirement ruins even the best of books.” — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
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I think for me, I've battled with a lot of things in my life and there's no rule book on how to… — Raye Copy Share Image
I kept starting 'Anansi Boys' as a movie and stopping, and eventually wrote the novel and was happy. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
No time spent with a book is ever entirely wasted, even if the experience is not a happy one: there’s always something… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
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Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
Over the years I've met quite a few big rappers. Then it exploded with 50 Cent, and I did a book with… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I'd always hoped to write the story as a novel, but there was a long period when the [Bridget Jones's Baby: The… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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When Christians speak of the authority of Scripture, because Christians believe that this word, even though it's mediated through many different human… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
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Literature must spring from the deep and submerged humus of our life. — Meridel Le Sueur Copy Share Image
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