We had tried to get a couple books that were written about Ray Kroc, and one of the books, we called the… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
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Do give books, religious or otherwise, for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. — Lenore Hershey Copy Share Image
Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but Im more interested in telling a story. — Marco Tempest Copy Share Image
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Good books leave an impression. Great books forever alter the way you think about what it means to be alive. You Disappear… — Dara Horn Copy Share Image
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
Nicholson Baker talks about the way in which the most successful nonfiction books are those that can be boiled down into an… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Whenever somebody says they need an angle for their story I always fear that they've got an idea and they want me… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Having your book edited is like watching your cat being operated on. It's uncomfortable and someone is probably going to get hurt.… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
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I believe you have constructive accidents en route through a novel only because you have mapped a clear way. If you have… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Go APE: Author a great book, Publish it quickly, and Entrepreneur your way to success. Self-publishing isn’t easy, but it’s fun and… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
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There's nothing quite as good as folding up into a book and shutting the world outside.If I pick the right one I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was always clear to me that I would have to earn my readers, some I would have to find, some to… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Mistake is a single page of life but relation is complete book. so don't lose a full book for a single page. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Writing things was important, wasn’t it?” Nakata asked. “Yes, it was. The process of writing was important. Even though the finished product… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
As an activist who uses storytelling to combat stigma, I have always been adamant that we tell our own stories. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
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After all, what is reading but a vice, like drink or venery or any other form of excessive self-indulgence? One reads to… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
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The process of re-writing and writing and re-writing means that you may have a brilliant phrase, but over time it distills and… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I'm curious by individuals that embrace half a story so they can justify how incomplete they feel about their own self worth. — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
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A lot of people consider my books to be straightforward, but I think that I write from atmosphere to atmosphere rather than… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
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In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
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