What is missed when people talk about books is the moment of grace when the reader creates the book, lends it the… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
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Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I didn't think much about foreign readers when I began 'Naruto,' but I knew that many of the artists who influenced me… — Masashi Kishimoto Copy Share Image
I would rather be viewed by the reader as I'm just taking a journey with you, and here's what I'm learning, what… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A large part of academic community is unthinkingly self-involved, producing reams of sterile writing - often consuming unbelievable amounts of public funds… — Gotz Aly Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to have a job doing something I really love to do, and I'm happy to accept the pressures of relentless… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
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To me, a poem is almost like someone whispering to another person, or you hear the whispering in your head. I hope… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
All my life I have had an awareness of other times and places. I have been aware of other persons in me.… — Jack London Copy Share Image
If there is any message in the 'Wimpy Kid' books, it is that reading can be and should be fun. As an… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
Making 'Birdsong,' on the one hand you have how prestigious it is and the reputation of the book, which is something that's… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
Albert Camus was never abandoned by his readers. Camus is enormously read. He's the highest selling author in the entire Gallimard collection,… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
Each of the essays in this volume ranges widely across technical and philosophical domains. They examine both familiar automatons from throughout history… — Rodney Brooks Copy Share Image
Especially on Broadway, composers and lyricists fretted over their creations, obsessed over every rhyme, every critical chord or interval. The stakes were… — Michael Kosser Copy Share Image
The key of writing fiction isn't just to remove something that the reader or listener can easily imagine. It's not a matter… — Peter Turchi Copy Share Image
You can't be up the reader's ass, as many a writer I think is - cute as hell, ingratiating as hell. But… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The most uninteresting part of the biography of a composer is his childhood. All those preludes are the same and the reader… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
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I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
What you're trying to do when you write is to crowd the reader out of his own space and occupy it with… — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
Study your reader first - your product second. If you understand his reactions, and present those phases of your product that relate… — Robert Collier Copy Share Image
What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
As a writer, you paint strokes and leave suggestions so readers can create their own pictures. That allows you to know someone… — Mary Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
A single glance at the map will make the reader acquainted with the position of the eastern coast of the island of… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
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I grew up as a reader as well as a movie-lover, so many of the novelists I admired - and so many… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
With engaging prose, Engelman takes readers on a delightful journey?that both entertains and educates ? of modern civilization and women's central role… — Geeta Rao Gupta Copy Share Image
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The fact of the matter is I always have a really high sense of responsibility to the reader, whether it's a few… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
There's a double standard between writers and readers. Readers can be unfaithful to writers anytime they like, but writers must never ever… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
You cannot pretend to read a book. Your eyes will give you away. So will your breathing. A person entranced by a… — Lloyd Jones Copy Share Image
I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doing something that's worth… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I have the most devoted and loyal following. I could probably type up my grocery list and they'd all want to read… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
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