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I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. Terry Pratchett

Work Writing Back Books Write Like Yes Very Get Cranky Them Hard

Money is an unavoidable consequence, but it isn't the reason I write; if it was, I wouldn't have written any of the YA books, because advances in that field are small compared to what I'd got now for an 'adult' DW. Terry Pratchett

Money Field Books Unavoidable Small Write Adult Written Advances Ya Because Got Any Reason Compared Now Consequence

I shy away from showing cruelty on the page. A lot of the violence in my books actually happens off stage. The police come on to the scene after the event has occurred. Tess Gerritsen

Police Cruelty Stage Books Scene Come Occurred Lot Off After Happens Page Showing Event Away Actually Shy Violence

In comic books, every character exists in this comic book world, and the wrestlers were the same thing. They were responsible for creating that world and putting it out there - having the confidence to go forward and do that and behave in a certain way. The Ultimate Warrior

Character Confidence Book World Same Thing Every Books Way Out Responsible Wrestlers Having Putting Comic Comic Book Comic Books Go Were Exists Behave Same Certain Creating Certain Way Forward Thing

Books follow morals, and not morals books. Theophile Gautier

Books Follow Morals

In books lies the soul of the whole past time. Thomas Carlyle

Time Soul Past Books Lies Past Time Whole

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. Thomas Fuller

Learning Lost Books Those Hath Most Printers Which Gained

As a general rule, Las Vegas sports books take boxing bets only on major fights.The same is true of most Internet gaming sites. Within that framework, not only does boxing allow participants to bet on their own bouts, it sometimes encourages them to do so. Thomas Hauser

Sports Sometimes Internet Own Framework Books Rule Bet Bets General Only General Rule Take Allow Vegas True Participants Major Most Within Boxing Does Encourages Same Sites Them Gaming Las Vegas

You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books. Thomas Keller

Great You Books Through Know Chefs Getting Who

People don't understand how much influence they can actually have on a writer, how much a writer's feelings can be hurt, how much they can deflect his course when they raise their voices like they did over highly personal books like 'Panama' or 'Bullet Park.' Thomas McGuane

Hurt People Feelings Books Deflect Park Voices Writer Highly Over Like Course Understand How How Much Bullet His Did Personal Influence Much Actually Raise Panama

I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read. Thomas Perry

People Problem Think Enough Books Mystery Read

You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film. Thomas Perry

I believe in the power of ideas, I believe in the power of books, but you have to give them time. Thomas Piketty

Time You Power Believe Books Give Ideas Them

I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails. Thomas Steinbeck

Writing Father Late Books Knew Because Accused Serious Riding Started

I want to know if I look up a whole lot of books about some form of cancer that that's not going to get to my insurance company and I'm going to find my insurance premium is going to go up by 5% because they've figured I'm looking at those books. Tim Berners-Lee

My parents didn't have much money growing up, but they always had a budget for books. Tim Ferriss

Money Parents Books Had Budget Always Up Much Growing Growing Up

I am aiming my books at anybody with no economics background. Tim Harford

Economics Aiming Books Background Am Anybody

Cory Doctorow should be too busy for lunch. He's co-editor of, and a prolific contributor to, one of the most influential blogs in the world, Boing Boing. Over the past decade the Canadian-born writer has published 16 books, mostly science fiction novels. He campaigns vigorously on the politics of the digital age. Tim Harford

Politics Science Age World Digital Past Busy Lunch Too Digital Age Books Prolific Writer He Over Most Mostly Science Fiction Blogs Past Decade Campaigns Decade Contributor Fiction Influential Should Novels Published

I had the offer to write books plenty of times during the early stage of my career, and I always kind of just pushed back because it wasn't the right time. Tim Howard

Time Stage Back Books Right Time Plenty Kind Write Pushed Had Because Always Times Offer Just Right Early Career

Magazine articles are the new books. Tina Brown

Books Magazine New Articles

I consciously try not to play favorites with my characters or my books. Tina St. John

Try Books Characters Favorites Play

I think people would actually be surprised by what we put out. Unfortunately the shadow that the original founders cast was that they were just artists that can't write books so people swept the whole of Image with that paintbrush. Todd McFarlane

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