Books Quote by Sophie Dahl Download Open image “Find me a first novel that doesn't have parallels with the author's life.” — Sophie Dahl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Find First Life Me Novel
The novel I am constantly writing is always the same one, and it might be described as a variously sliced-up or torn-apart book of… — Robert Walser Copy Share Image
“life rarely finds its exact likeness in a novel, that is hardly fiction’s purpose,” — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
'Lonesome Dove' by Larry McMurtry and 'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver have stuck with me throughout my life, and I think that says… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“There is a brilliant novel in all of us. Some imagine it…others live it. Authors dwell in an auspicious life by having the ability… — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
The first book was a life story that I was hesitant to write anyway because I didn't feel like I had a real life… — Bobby Bones Copy Share Image
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
I think with girls you have a real responsibility in terms of how you discuss the physical. Talking about your looks or body in… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
When I modeled, my name always came with a preface: 'the voluptuous Sophie Dahl.' I was the anti-waif, as round as a Rubens. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I named my rabbit Pancake and my guinea pig Maple Syrup. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
It is hard finding clothes that fit. At the German Vogue shoot most of the clothes were undone at the back. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
When I began modelling I was completely unprepared for the onslaught of curiosity it carried with it. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
How I view my body hasn't been uncomplicated, but that was because my body was discussed and dissected at great length in a very… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I know part of nostalgia is romanticising the past, but I love doing things in a slower way, and the glamour of bygone eras. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
