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Book Quotes by Jane Smiley
- When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page…
- Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.
- I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented the computer. He…
- I wrote the Dickens book because I loved Dickens, not because I felt a kinship with him, but after writing the book it seemed to…
- Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.
- A reader's tastes are peculiar. Choosing books to read is like making your way down a remote and winding path. Your stops on that path…
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- If people ever look down upon you for crying for fictional characters, you should give them a gentle, pitying look and feel… — Cassandra Clare
- A book should serve as an axe to the ice inside us. — Franz Kafka
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky