“In telling a story one of the most successful devices for easily creating uncanny effects is to leave the reader in uncertainty… — Ernst Jentsch Copy Share Image
I go to book stores to see if they have any miss prints on sale. I hate to read but I love… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
I have introduced my daughter to the literary classics and landmark Bengali films. I want her to be well-versed in English but… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
When I bought a collection of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, I returned home with a bright enthusiasm to begin the long march into… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Young gentlemen with literary aspirations usually start a new university magazine, which for wit and pungency is designed to eclipse all such… — E. F. Benson Copy Share Image
“At one point, approximately halfway through her remarks, Merkel stated in German something about ‘being able to greet the president of the… — Claudia Clark Copy Share Image
You couldn't escape the literary atmosphere in our home. I grew up as a Britisher. I played a protagonist of every nationality… — Satya Bhabha Copy Share Image
Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“It was late when father and the Duke tracked me down feigning surprise that I was in the usual place every time… — Shattered Roses E L Parfitt Copy Share Image
I changed my writing style deliberately. My first two novels were written in a very self-consciously literary way. After I embraced gay… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
The main differences between contemporary English and American literature is that the baleful pseudo-professionalism imparted by all those crap M.F.A. writing programs… — Will Self Copy Share Image
With the Red Sox, you have more of a literary interest in it. You know they're going to lose; you're just interested… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
Action fiction is driven more by what than by who. Put that ticking nuclear suitcase under Manhattan, and it's relatively easy to… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
If any imagine from the literary tone of the preceding remarks that we are indifferent to the radical movement for the benefit… — George Ripley Copy Share Image
I didn't know V. S. Naipaul very well, and to a large extent, my acquaintance with him was limited to meetings at… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
The thing is, if you make best-sellerdom your goal, you're going to be in trouble. It's a very nice thing to have… — Diane Mott Davidson Copy Share Image
“Evil should not be, Detective Vera. Truly never can be. But in defining it as such, an inherent human bond with negativity… — John Claude Smith Copy Share Image
I wasn't an expert or even the biggest Dennis Hopper fan in the world. All I knew about him were through his… — Tom Folsom Copy Share Image
“In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to… — Claudia Clark Copy Share Image
Being born at the tag-end of the baby boom, I was destined (or doomed, depending on how you look at it) to… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by no countries, tamed by no time, she is the force of nature’s… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
In leaving New York in 1957, I did leave without regret the literary demimonde of agents and would-be's and with-it nonparticipants; this… — John Updike Copy Share Image
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