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The book tells you everything you need to know. The book is the map of the world that you're in with the… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
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I write a lot about other people, like family and friends. I look at their lives and relationships and think, 'Well, if… — Dionne Bromfield Copy Share Image
From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically. — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
It's my right to write on what I feel about certain incidents, and it's your choice whether to read it or not. — Mohanlal Copy Share Image
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is perfect in the same way that The Great Gatsby is perfect. Take a pencil and… — William McKeen Copy Share Image
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I have a very beautiful room that in my house that we bought in Princeton. It's glass on three sides, and you'd… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“I dare say, my remark came from the professional feeling of there being nothing like leather. [Mr. Hale--about books; reminding me of… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Truly Alice, books are wonderful things; to sit alone in a room and laugh and cry, because you are reading, and still… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
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Hi," Kami said to Dorothy, the head librarian…"Can you tell me where I could find the books on Satanism?" Twenty minutes later,… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
It is so impossible to predict how much influence what you write will have, and what sorts of anxieties and imaginaries it… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
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I like libraries. It's a comfort that knowledge can be save for so long. That what we learn can be passed on. — Jackson Pearce Copy Share Image
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A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“A writer will find inspiration anywhere. They have to look and see, that's all. Then they have to write.” — Dermott Hayes Copy Share Image
I don't believe in writer's block. I'll get stuck, but being stuck, I'll still write a verse. If you know where you're… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work… — Judith Guest Copy Share Image
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Writing anything, it sorta starts the way you'd build a castle at the beach. You're just taking your hands and you're mounting… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
“Stop that!” Ghost Hemingway ordered. “It’s like teaching goddamned cats to walk on their back legs.” He sighed. “Standing eggs on end… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
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But you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas. — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“The lofty bookshelves sag Under thousands of sleeping souls Silence, hopeful - Every time I open a book, a soul is awakened.” — Xi Chuan Copy Share Image
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I'd given up everything to be a writer, and if I didn't then go on to do that - to write -… — James Salter Copy Share Image
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I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've ever written and, as any writer will… — Malcolm Wilson Copy Share Image
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These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's… — Brian P. Cleary Copy Share Image
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