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Part of my purpose in my books has been to tell the complete story of a relationship and a marriage, not just to end with 'happily ever after,' leaving the protagonists at the altar or in bed... I wanted to show some of the complicated business of actually living a successful marriage. Diana Gabaldon

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My mother says that after I first visited the home of the man I later married, she knew it was serious when I told her, 'Mum, he has more books than me!' So, books are at the very heart of my life. Diane Setterfield

At our house, my father loved the arts. Among his favorite things was 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art Album of Miniatures' - a box set of small books on different art periods. I'd go into the living room at night and sit on the arm of his chair as he studied the images. Dianne Wiest

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Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published. Dick Bruna

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Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books. Dick Bruna

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I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books. Dick Cavett

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When it comes down to helping kids, a lot of ways for education to move forward is through music because that's exciting to kids. Reading books and going to a bookstore is not that exciting. Diplo

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I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say. Dirk Benedict

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The language of my books has shaped me as a man. Don DeLillo

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If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble. Don Nickles

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My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books. Don Nickles

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I'm kind of surprised that so many of those other books were almost exactly like mine. They even follow the form. There were some books that even copied the stamp. It shows so little imagination. Don Novello

You know, I mean this sincerely, you know, I'm so grateful that I get to get up in the morning and do this, you know, and write books. Don Winslow

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I'll get boxes full of books and objects from perfect strangers in the oddest places. Teachers will send me students' drawings, etc. It's hard to sift through it all. Donald Baechler

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A guy named Peter Rabe wrote a batch of books for Gold Medal in the '50s, and he was absolutely the single largest influence on writing style. I was completely in love with the way the man wrote. Donald E. Westlake

I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome. Donald Glover

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My books are written with a strong chronological spine. Doris Kearns Goodwin

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