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That's why people read books. You get to have the real conversation, as opposed to the pseudo-conversations we have in everyday life. David Shields

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I just can't read, the way other people can, these tediously elaborated books. David Shields

People Other Books Way Read Just

I have a teaching job that allows me to pay the rent and affords me to, frankly, write the books I want to write. David Shields

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All good books wind up, I think, with the writer getting his teeth bashed in. David Shields

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It wasn't a good idea to work on 'Naked' in the first months of a marriage. I was living apart from my wife in a flat overflowing with books I was reading for the part. David Thewlis

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When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me. David Walliams

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Because books are written by individuals, it has often made knowledge seem like the product of individuals, even though everybody has always understood that individuals are working within the social network. David Weinberger

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I have a sweet tooth for reading, so books migrate to my zip code en mass. Dawn Olivieri

Reading Sweet Tooth Books Mass Migrate Sweet Tooth Code Zip

When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun. Dawn Richard

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That was the hardest thing for me. When it was published that I was going to play Tommen, all the fans of the books were like, 'Oh, he's turning 16' - that was the hardest thing: to play younger and show that. Dean-Charles Chapman

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I write in an old-school paneled study in the middle of a large farmhouse in rural Iowa. I have pine floors, a big cherry desk, and a small window. The room is cluttered with papers and books and gifts from friends. Dean Bakopoulos

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The writer's job is to let the books speak for themselves eventually. Dean Bakopoulos

Speak Job Books Writer Themselves Eventually

Adventure books are my personal favorites. 'The Endurance,' a story about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctica expedition, or 'Into Thin Air,' Jon Krakauer's personal account of the 1996 disaster on Mt Everest, are two notables. Dean Karnazes

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I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. Dean Koontz

People Sometimes Books Gifts Would Give Rather New Ferrari Than

I've come to see that these politicians that release books - no way are they actually writing those books. Not when they are working fulltime, too. There's no way. That's their name on the book, but it's not their work. I'm sure of that. There's no way. Dean Wareham

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The addition of romance in my books or mystery to a historical romance is the sauce, not the goose. Deanna Raybourn

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I long for books; I am utterly greedy about them. Deb Caletti

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I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power. Deb Caletti

Love Power Believe Books Writer Became Because

I wrote one book, signed with a good agent, and sat back and waited for the phone to ring. I was sure that the great news would come at any moment. Four books later, I finally got that call. Deb Caletti

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