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Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man. — A. E. Housman
I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell. — Antonia Fraser
I wouldn't mind my book being called an African novel if it didn't invite lazy readings. — Taiye Selasi
I actually didn't listen to the Beatles song 'Nowhere Man' when I was writing my book of the same name. What I listened to a… — Aleksandar Hemon
Diversity worship and multiculturalism are currency and cause for celebration at just about any college. If one is black, brown, yellow or white, the prevailing… — Walter E. Williams
Over the years I have photographed thousands of people. I have never stopped being curious and trying to discover new worlds. I have used my… — Joyce Tenneson
It has always pleased me to read while eating if I have no companion; it gives me the society I lack. I devour alternately a… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter. — Bernard Malamud
Well, if I am not vulgar, neither is my book. I wrote myself. Suggestiveness is always vulgar. But truth never. My book is not even… — Mary MacLane
Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And… — Louise Penny
I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it. — Ann Patchett
I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a little world that… — Dana Spiotta
My book sales make 'real writers' possible. — Jennifer Weiner
I often compare myself as a kid to my own grandchildren, who are around 11 and 14 now. That's the age kids usually read my… — Lois Lowry
We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any book, any romance.… — Debbie Macomber
Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and… — Denise Mina
In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else. — Penelope Keith
I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it to impress a… — Gideon Defoe
Every person has a range. In fiction, you get to be it all. I'm as much the men in my book as I am the… — Rachel Kushner
I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me. — Jan Karon
Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book. — Howard Gardner
In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul. — Claire Bloom
I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan.… — Jung Chang
I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that… — Kara DioGuardi

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