If a reader believes that everything in nonfiction or history is just objectively true, I don't really know what to tell them,… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
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I wouldn't care to speculate about what it is in Westlake's psyche that makes him so good at writing about Parker, much… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
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Learn how to program and play lots of games. If you find yourself capable of writing a game, someday you'll be capable… — Fred Haslam Copy Share Image
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My students are often asking me, 'What do you think are the most important qualities for a writer?' And one thing I… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
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We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits--so much help By so much reading. It is… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
Realistic writing kept me stable. It kept my mind less clustered by resting my soul; pouring it onto a blank canvas. I… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
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Her library filled her bookshelves and then overflowed into waist-high stacks of books everywhere, piled haphazardly against the walls. If just one… — John Green Copy Share Image
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