I work sometimes from outlines, which are immediately abandoned. Sometimes, when I'm trying to find the characters, I'll sketch things out a… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
Rigorously investigated and fearlessly reported, A Crime So Monstrous is a passionate and thorough examination of the appalling reality of human bondage… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Do you solemnly swear never to conceal a vital clue from the reader? Do you promise to observe seemly moderation in the… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I never ever would have thought initially it would have been someone like Pierce playing Charles. I think he has an innate… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
What would you do if you were me? Tell me. Please tell me! But you're far from this. Your fingers turn the… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Afterwards, in bed with a book, the spell of television feels remote compared to the journey into the page. To be in… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
When I'm writing for a book, it's much more reflective process. I have certain things that may not translate well to the… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
As the pen rises from the page between words, so the walker's feet rise and fall between paces, and as the deer… — Robert Macfarlane Copy Share Image
“Please tell a story about a girl who gets away.” I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
See Relationships are hard, man. For order, for any relationship to work, both people have to be on the same page, both… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Everyone tells you to write what you know. It’s the tried-and-true advice every writer hears at some point in her career. But… — Sarah Jio Copy Share Image
During my last year of college I wrote the same ten pages over and over again. Those ten pages became the first… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
You wrote this right?” he said. “It tells how to defeat Set.” Thoth unfolded the papyrus pages. “Oh, dear. I hate reading… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If you go to Australia, the Australian Open is on all day long on network TV. There's no way CBS, NBC and… — Lindsay Davenport Copy Share Image
Well, I kind of approach both of them similarly in (that) I always see it as a movie first because that's my… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
It is worth remembering that every writer begins with a naively physical notion of what art is. A book for him or… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Today, I wanted to spend some time reading and responding to comments of fans on my Facebook page. Yes, there are great… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Peitaho Heavy rains fall on Yuyen, the northland kingdom of swallows. White pages of rain envelop the sky, and fishing boats off… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Blindsight is excellent. It's state-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one. Like a C… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
If you read many contemporary literary novels today, you may notice that regardless of the subject matter there's a 'sameness' about them,… — Suhayl Saadi Copy Share Image
It is generally supposed that where there is no QUOTATION, there will be found most originality; and as people like to lay… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
They used Akbar's principles to formulate a version of Islam that could peacefully co-exist with other religions (or so they claimed). An… — Manil Suri Copy Share Image
Books are frozen voices, in the same way that musical scores are frozen music. The score is a way of transmitting the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
And so, when I began to read the proffered pages, I at one moment lost the train of thought in the text… — Milorad Pavić Copy Share Image
