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The book that meant most to me was 'The Wind in the Willows.' It sounds ridiculous, but that was my vision of England. Justin Cartwright
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The book tour is a strange institution. You are wheeled about to explain your book and even to justify it. Justin Cartwright
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Tom Fort, a BBC radio journalist, starts from the assumption that 'many of us have a road that reaches back into our past'. For him, this is the 92 miles of the A303 - as he subtitles his book, the 'Highway to the Sun'. Justin Cartwright
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'The Infinities' is a shortish book but densely loaded with Nabokovian slyness, gorgeous imagery, and disturbing insights into what it means to be mortal. Justin Cartwright
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It's a strange failure of the literary world that Updike never quite received his due. Despite winning two Pulitzers and two National Book Awards and countless other awards and honours, he was denied the Nobel. Justin Cartwright
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'Powers of Persuasion: The Story of British Advertising' by Winston Fletcher - the impression you get from reading this book, which covers post-war advertising until the present, is of a chaotic, self-serving, occasionally brilliant but ultimately shallow business. Justin Cartwright
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If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it. Justin Cronin
You Book Writing World Worth Saving About End End Of The World Any Really
Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you struggle to write and have to write 50 times. Justin Cronin
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If you try to write 1,000 words a day, as I do, after 100 days you'll look up and have a book. It may be a mess, and you may have to revise it 50 times, but you can't revise it if you haven't written it. Justin Cronin
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It's called 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius' by Dave Eggers. It is absolutely everything the title implies. It's the greatest book I've ever. Justin Hartley
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it. K. A. Applegate
You Book Will Become Think Say Totally Magical Point Invested Writers Reach Most Sure Becomes Real Where Story Each Suddenly Eventually Start
I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it. Kacey Musgraves
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What we know is smartphones are everywhere and they are rich in data. What we know is that there are apps once downloaded by the consumer that will also in turn download the consumers' contact book. Most consumers don't want that to happen and don't know it's happening. Kamala Harris
Book Will Rich Once Everywhere Apps Data Consumer Consumers Contact Know Most Also Want Happen Happening Turn Download Downloaded
What makes a book unique isn't always about having one big grand new idea. It's about combining many different ideas in new and interesting ways. Kameron Hurley
Book Big Ways About Having Idea New Combining Ideas Makes Always New Idea Different Grand Interesting Different Ideas Many Unique
Once readers and industry professionals have you pegged down as writing a particular type of book, they are less likely to try something new from you if they decided they didn't like the first one. Kameron Hurley
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The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start at Chapter 3. Kami Garcia
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I took six months to rehearse how I'd ask Shah Rukh Khan if he would launch my debut novel. I thought of 100 ways to ask him. Finally, three weeks before the book hit the stands I went to pop the question and forgot everything I rehearsed. Kanika Dhillon
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them. Karan Mahajan
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When I had worked on my first book, I had readily shown bits and pieces to everyone - for encouragement, to force myself to write. Karan Mahajan
Myself Book First Encouragement Everyone Bits Bits And Pieces Write Had Pieces Force Readily Worked Shown
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful. Karen Armstrong
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter. Karen Joy Fowler
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When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving. Karen Robards
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I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to publish my book. Karen Thompson Walker
Myself Experience Book Publish Nine Would No-One Likelihood Editor Opposite Years Familiar Want
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.' Karin Slaughter
Library Book Thought Somewhere Every Writer Know Read Got Want Start
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