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I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out. Leslie Charteris
Books Out Never Had Read Still Came Movie Dr Bond
Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel. Leslie Fiedler
Books Memoir Area He Between Protagonist Wrote Calls His Often Novel Novels Henry Miller Gray Gray Area
Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did it better. Leslie Fiedler
Better Black Become Books Faulkner He Like She Female Lot Clone Did Authors Much Really Early
Whenever I've been stuck on a project, it's always brought me solace to the return to books that moved me in the past. It's a nice way to get outside my own head; and it brings me back to one of the most important reasons I write at all: to bring some pleasure to readers, to make them think or feel. Leslie Jamison
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Go to any bookstore, and you'll see thousands of books on etiquette, which suggests there's a lot of self-help going on. There is hope. Letitia Baldrige
Hope You Books Bookstore Thousands See Self-Help Go Lot Any Going Which Etiquette
How often have I met and disliked writers whose books I love; and conversely, hated the books and then wound up liking the writer? Too often. Lev Grossman
Love Met Too Books Wound Hated Writer Writers Liking How Up Often Disliked Then Whose
The paradox of the English country house is that its state of permanent decline, the fact that its heyday is always behind it, is part of the seduction, just as it is part of the seduction of books in general. Lev Grossman
Country State Books Heyday Paradox Seduction General Fact Part House Permanent Always Behind Just Decline English
Oddly, the meanings of books are defined for me much more by their beginnings and middles than they are by their endings. Lev Grossman
Me Books Defined More Oddly Than Beginnings Endings Much Meanings
People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing. Lev Grossman
Good Me People Books About Good Thing Excited Get Want Included Thing
My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only. Lev Grossman
Book Young Group Books Rule Only Adult Read Young Adult Fiction
The fans that I have met so far have been nothing but supportive and extremely passionate about the books. I feel so honored to meet all these people. Something like this, which I think is bigger than anyone in the film, it's pretty crazy. Liam Hemsworth
Crazy People Fans Met Nothing Think Meet Books Honored Extremely Pretty About Something Feel Supportive Like Passionate Been Than Anyone Bigger Which Far Film
Naming my favorite books feels like naming a favorite child - impossible. Libba Bray
Impossible Books Favorite Feels Like Naming Child
I develop trust, and I think it's the most important to my growth. If my restaurants are always full and my books sell, it's this trust. Lidia Bastianich
Trust Important Think Books Restaurants Develop Most Always Sell The Most Important Full Growth
As much as I devoured comics, I read non-graphic books exponentially more, so I'm not sure I can credit or blame them. Comics, however, taught me a lot about what makes a story arc work and how to bring a story to its natural resting place between issues. Lilith Saintcrow
Work Me Blame Natural Resting Books Arc Resting Place About More Between Read Devoured Sure Makes How Comics Issues However Lot Taught Story Place Them Much Exponentially Credit Bring
What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. Lillian Hellman
Truth Word Books Slippery Tell Tricky Tried Unreliable
If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed. Lily Tomlin
You Books Considered TV Read Well-Read Lot Watch
The wise man reads both books and life itself. Lin Yutang
Life Wise Man Wise Man Books Both Reads Itself
My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant in a New York publishing house. Being an editorial assistant is the purgatory would-be editors must endure before they can ascend the ladder and begin acquiring books on their own. I spent a year filing paperwork, writing copy, and typing rejection letters. Lincoln Child
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I've loved all my books, but I will admit that 'The Man from Stone Creek' holds a very special place in my heart. Linda Lael Miller
Man Heart Will Books Admit Very Stone Loved Holds Place Special Special Place Creek
I want all my books to provoke some kind of response in the reader, to make them think something or feel something or both, and for that to become a part of them and work into their own lives. Linda Sue Park
Work Become Own Think Books Response Kind Some Something Both Part Feel Make Reader Provoke Want Them Lives
All my books take a long time to research. I spend several months researching before I start writing, and in the middle of writing I often have to stop and look up stuff. At my local library, I am one of the best customers! The research takes several months. Linda Sue Park
Time Best Library Writing Long Long Time Before Research Local Spend Books Months Several Take Takes Stuff Look Am Up Often Stop Middle Customers Researching Start
Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for 'Seesaw Girl,' eight months for 'Shard,' three years for 'When My Name Was Keoko!' The publisher takes another year and a half to work on the book, so altogether each book can take up to three or four years to publish. Linda Sue Park
Work Time Me Book Girl Three Half Year Publish Books Months Write Take Taken Takes Name Another Altogether Years Up Eight Different Length Each Publisher Four
For so long, I just let people surmise what they would about my life and my choices, and other people have written books and told tales. Linda Thompson
Life People My Life Long Other Books Would About Written Tales Just Choices
Before I left the 'Star' last year to write books full-time, I welcomed catastrophe. It was material. Missed planes, broken pipes, dead lawns, digestive disorders, you name it, if it was something that had gone horribly wrong, it was worth banging out 600 words about. Linwood Barclay
Broken You Words Worth Year Before Gone Digestive Books Out About Horribly Something Write Had Catastrophe Wrong Missed Name Welcomed Dead Material Left Pipes Banging Planes Disorders Full-Time Star Last Last Year
Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether. Lionel Shriver
Life Time You Reading Books Dangerously Bad Wrong Altogether Off Precious Turn Certain Your Activity Waste
I might defend the reviewing trade, but a handful of haughty hired hands no longer having the last word on books is not a bad thing. Lionel Shriver
Word Books Bad Haughty Having Bad Thing Longer Trade Hired Reviewing Handful Hands Might Thing Last Defend
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