A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. You prime a pump with your own… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
That's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
There's a great place for good Christian children's books. After the upcoming projects I'm working on, I'd like to turn my attention… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
What I wanted was to write a memoir that was immersive rather than reflective, to resurrect a long-gone version of my own… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
I don't have one thing I go back to, but we listen to a lot of music in the bus, and we… — How to Dress Well Copy Share Image
Children know that if they have a question about the world, the library is the place to find the answer. And someone… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
To me, one of the greatest triumphs in doing a book is to tell the story as simply as possible. My aim… — Ezra Jack Keats Copy Share Image
Book collectors are thrill-seekers. It is a vegetarian hunt to be sure, without much exertion or risk, but the endorphin rush of… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
'Normal' is not clinical, it's not autobiographical, and I don't claim to be objective. It's strictly my perceptions and thoughts about the… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
“I want my writings to inspire and awaken. I have no interest in spinning silly tales for money. I want to fish… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
Librarians are hot. They have knowledge and power over their domain...It is no coincidence how many librarians are portrayed as having a… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
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Too much me is annoying under any circumstance, but too much me in an essay, however personal, would mar the art. My… — Charles D'Ambrosio Copy Share Image
[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living,… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
“Are there weapons in a bookstore?' 'It's a store full of books, which are objects that can be thrown as well as… — Anne Bishop Copy Share Image
I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started… — A. Scott Berg Copy Share Image
I’m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, I’ve deprioritized the role of writing in my… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
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My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
A good reader or viewer is a person who is alert about her newspaper or news channel. A good reader or viewer… — Ravish Kumar Copy Share Image
This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in; those who have read of everything, are thought… — John Locke Copy Share Image
We all become different readers in how we respond to books, why we need them, what we take from them. We become… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers.… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In 1952, when I was 15 and living on Governors Island, which was then First Army Headquarters, I encountered the newly-published 'The… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
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So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having.… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I write about it in the book and, you know, explain that. But that was the technicality that actually got my sentence… — Jim Bakker Copy Share Image
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“I want to feel the same powerful, nameless urge that I used to feel when I turned to my books. The breath… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
“At it's best,the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look… — Annie Dillard (Author Copy Share Image
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I always loved writing, but I feel like I really started writing when I got my BlackBerry . It was the first… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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![“[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work will never be anymore essentially clear and deep and honest than he himself is, and he will be judged finally not for how many copies his books have sold, but for what…” quote by Lawrence Clark Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/lawrence-clark-powell-27650_book_a-writer-must-try-to-think-clearly-to-fe_1486016.jpg)
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