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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good bo...
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With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than youn...
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I like movies in particular, on video or T.V. I have lots of old favorites, like Danny Kaye in '...
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Unlike the stereotypical author, I've never had a job as a short-order cook, but I love cooking ...
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I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a b...
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nons...
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In any genre you're working in, you can always find a way to tell a particular kind of story. I ...
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There is a very big difference between writing for children and writing for young adults. The first ...
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Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content tha...
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I grew up in a house full of books and parents who read, which led to me to reading from a very youn...
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In all my books, I try to have a strong element of realism underlying the fantastic.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and ...
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I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age'...
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Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.
GARTH NIX

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?
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I am not going to change who I am. I am human and I know how to love, and be kind, and be compassion...
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The visions are fragmented and a dark cloud spreads like spilt ink across the pages of possible futu...
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I can understand the natural anxiety of readers when waiting for another installment of a favourite ...
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Touchstone watched, suddenly conscious that he probably only had five seconds left to be alone with ...
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My parents are going to kill me!"
"That seems rather harsh...
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INTERVIEW 24768 . GOLD-EYE
I like trees… grass… only birds in sky. Peop...
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Who or what are you? Besides insufferably rude?
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Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surpr...
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I won't let you go! I love you, Dog!'
'There will be other dogs and friends, and loves' whisper...
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Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you ...
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Hear, hear," said the Dog, raising her head. "It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you d...
GARTH NIX

É o caminhante que escolhe o caminho ou o caminho o caminhante?
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Garth on where Sabriel came from "Sabriel grew very much out of the story... Sometimes people ask me...
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In the expectant quiet, there were only the usual sounds of the night. Wind in the big trees out pas...
GARTH NIX

Both of them often turned to gaze at Sabriel.
GARTH NIX

Fear and realization of ignorance were strong medicines against stupid pride.
GARTH NIX

Millennia of servitude, Abhorsen. Chained by trickery, treachery... captivenin a repulsive, fixed-fl...
GARTH NIX

I have walked in Death to the very precipice of the Ninth Gate," Abhorsen said quietly. "I know the ...
GARTH NIX

A breath?" she asked. She didn't want to kiss just any wooden man. He looked nice enough, but he mig...
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A zlo plodí zlo, zlo zamořuje místa a přitahuje k nim další zlé skutky...
GARTH NIX

Volí si stezku chodec, nebo stezka chodce?
GARTH NIX

Going through the arch, from mud into snow, from bright sun into the pallid luminescence of a snowfa...
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Garth on naming characters "I spend lots of time on all the names in the books... Sabriel herself, I...
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The Clayr saw me, the Wallmaker made me, the King quenched me, the Abhorsen wields me so that no Dea...
GARTH NIX

Prepare a crossing party," snapped Horyse. "A single person to cross. Miss Abhorsen, here. And Serge...
GARTH NIX

He growled and grimaced as they came to him, and clenched his fists in pain and anger.

"U...
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I used to think like that at school," Sabriel answered. "Dreaming about the Old Kingdom. Proper Char...
GARTH NIX

Our parts now -- which perforce we must play -- are not father and daughter, but one old Abhorsen, m...
GARTH NIX

I am Abhorsen..."
He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Fathe...
GARTH NIX

Ranna," she said aloud, touching the first, the smallest bell. Ranna the sleepbringer, the sweet, lo...
GARTH NIX

I can see time," whispered Mogget, so softly that his words were lost.
GARTH NIX

Do not tarry, do not stop, no matter what happens.
GARTH NIX

A Kiss," said Mogget sleepily. "Actually, just a breath would do. But you have to start kissing some...
GARTH NIX

I love you," he whispered. "I hope you don't mind.
GARTH NIX

Let this be my final lesson. Everyone and everything has a time to die.
GARTH NIX

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.
GARTH NIX

Five Great Charters knit the land
Together linked, hand in hand
One in the people who wear...
GARTH NIX

Well met, Mistress Lirael. This ragamuffin, as your servant so aptly described him, is His Highness ...
GARTH NIX

He was obviously a very arrogant ragamuffin, and younger than she was, to boot. And he was wearing a...
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I don't watch a lot of T.V., and I hardly ever have time to keep up with series, though I do lov...
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For all my longer works (i.e the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of depa...
GARTH NIX

I am a great believer that anything not expressly forbidden is explicitly allowed.
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As it 'appens, I am Arthur's right-hand man," said Suzy. "Or left-hand girl, I can't remember where ...
GARTH NIX

‎"It always seemed somehow less real here... a really detailed dream, but sort of washed out, like...
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Please," said Lirael..."I think I would like to work in this Library."
"The Library," repeated ...
GARTH NIX It's different. At one and five .ÃƒÂƒÃ…Â .ÃƒÂƒÃ…Â . you've got an almost 90 percen...
BUDDY NIX History says 19 has always been a good pick.
BUDDY NIX It's different. At one and five .ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â .ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â . you've got an almost 90 perc...
BUDDY NIX It's a red flag that maybe I graded a guy too low. But the only way his grade will change is by goin...
BUDDY NIX The only way his grade changes is if we go back and watch him on tape and decide: Maybe we graded hi...
BUDDY NIX I know Reggie too well. If we don't put a little restraint on him, he'll kill himself to do it. This...
PATRICK NIX It's different. At one and five . . . you've got an almost 90 percent certainty of who is going to...
BUDDY NIX I've seen a lot of gymnastics, and it's the best one I've seen, by far. She does it textbook. She ri...
JUANITA NIX It's like money fell out of the sky. We're using it for new equipment and repairing the roof.
GLEN NIX We did everything from getting the county nurse to visit the home to providing shampoos. School work...
FRED NIX Attendance in some cases isn't what we would like it to be, and when we have extreme cases shame on ...
FRED NIX There wasn't a good answer.
FRED NIX I see this as a win-win solution. First, we retain ownership which keeps the land permanently within...
FRED NIX It's a good compromise. It safeguards the rights of all South Carolina property owners and keeps und...
MARK NIX It was great timing for us.
MARK NIX I want to show well and show them that I'm healthy.
LAYNCE NIX I don't want to say no, because I could be. Right now I'm where I need to be. I'm getting more confi...
LAYNCE NIX I just need to get healthy again, that's the big thing.
LAYNCE NIX You have a general idea (before the season what you'll do) because you know what you're capable of. ...
JUANITA NIX When she performs, you don't worry about it. With some girls, it's like, 'Oh, gosh,' because you don...
JUANITA NIX I was really happy with our score. This is the perfect time to start going up. It's tournament time....
JUANITA NIX

I can take the steel guitars and fiddles off, we can make it a little more pop, cover ideas that are...
GARTH BROOKS

I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anac...
GARTH STEIN

Our dog, Comet, is a Lab/poodle mix. She's goofy and silly and sweet.
GARTH STEIN

I'm a writer because I love reading. I love the conversation between a reader and a writer, and ...
GARTH STEIN

The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read bo...
GARTH STEIN

Anyone who has a dog knows that they have some very deep thoughts, that they have moods and emotions...
GARTH STEIN

I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.
GARTH STEIN

In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story a...
GARTH STEIN

All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thin...
GARTH STEIN Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music,...
GARTH HUDSON I've seen a fair bit of the States and the rest of the world, and I'm convinced that there&#...
GARTH ENNIS As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready ...
GARTH ENNIS I don't necessarily write everything as automatically assuming it will be collected, there's...
GARTH ENNIS I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the charact...
GARTH ENNIS I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of...
GARTH ENNIS I'm sure you're aware, with the time it takes to put these books together, everything can su...
GARTH ENNIS If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.
GARTH ENNIS It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a ...
GARTH ENNIS Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the ...
GARTH ENNIS There's immense fun to be had as long as you can sort of sneak it past DC. I have been told on o...
GARTH ENNIS Wouldn't want to write the X-Men, and I suppose the X-Men is the ultimate Marvel comic, and I re...
GARTH ENNIS Yeah, Hitman I suppose is most of the time a lighter read than Preacher; it was always going to be.
GARTH ENNIS With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure.
GARTH ENNIS I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with...
GARTH ENNIS The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as a...
GARTH ENNIS Hitman does well and it certainly does well enough to survive, but at the same time I don't want...
GARTH ENNIS It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly in...
GARTH ENNIS Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it's characters, that sort of ...
GARTH ENNIS You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of missi...
GARTH ENNIS I can't really put it in one sentence because although on one hand Preacher is about faith and y...
GARTH ENNIS I loved 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Lunchbox' because they had 'real' stories. I ...
GARTH DAVIS I like to be involved with the scriptwriter early on, helping shape the story, and working out how t...
GARTH DAVIS Most of the available Indian films in Australia are Bollywood. I did not watch them. In my early day...
GARTH DAVIS There's no doubt that 'Lion' is an audience pleaser. I mean, I went to a lot of research...
GARTH DAVIS Audiences are smart, and they don't need to be spoon-fed everything.
GARTH DAVIS I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the...
GARTH DAVIS I love going to the cinema and thinking you're seeing something, and you end up on a whole other...
GARTH DAVIS The way I work is I like to immerse myself in the world of the film and in the character's lives...
GARTH DAVIS I definitely storyboard, but I only start once I have cast and location. I like to find the world fi...
GARTH DAVIS Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me.
GARTH DAVIS I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just mak...
GARTH DAVIS

Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
GARTH BROOKS

Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently wh...
GARTH BROOKS

I'm much too young to feel this damn old.
GARTH BROOKS

I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and g...
GARTH BROOKS

It's the sweetest thing to be a parent of a daughter. When they hit their twenties, they become ...
GARTH BROOKS

People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something.
GARTH BROOKS

You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.
GARTH BROOKS

I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
GARTH BROOKS

I'd love to play a villain in a movie, the kind of bad guy you would never think of me being abl...
GARTH BROOKS

Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on o...
GARTH BROOKS

Here's my whole marketing idea: treat people the way you want to be treated.
GARTH BROOKS

You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire.
GARTH BROOKS

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.
GARTH BROOKS

Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
GARTH BROOKS

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.
GARTH BROOKS

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.
GARTH BROOKS

I just love to see people having a good time.
GARTH BROOKS

That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention...
GARTH STEIN

I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my l...
JENNIE GARTH

If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.
GARTH BROOKS

I just wake up and say, You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.
GARTH BROOKS

You know a dream is like a river, ever changing as it flows.
And a dreamer's just a vessel that m...
GARTH BROOKS

The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.
GARTH BROOKS

There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid...
GARTH STEIN

Just keep taking chances and having fun.
GARTH BROOKS

It's never too late to take your heart health seriously and make it a priority.
JENNIE GARTH

It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
GARTH BROOKS

That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of...
GARTH BROOKS

Your band members? Your band members don't want to be tied to a machine. They want to be playing...
GARTH BROOKS

I'm a big movie fan. After a show, if I'm on the bus or a plane, it's often hard to get ...
GARTH BROOKS The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is...
GARTH HUDSON

I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".
GARTH BROOKS The show will lose $16 million this year.
GARTH ANCIER I'll be more specific. ...This year the show will lose $16 million for The WB, and that's with a lic...
GARTH ANCIER As much as we all love the show, we do have to run a business.
GARTH ANCIER They were just smart business moves to make. This network is a bit more agile and competitive when i...
GARTH ANCIER John has distinguished himself with his sound judgment and great leadership skills. He will be a key...
GARTH ANCIER We're trying to make this a little bit of a hotter network, a little bit of a younger network.
GARTH ANCIER They're articulating feelings that they don't know how to articulate yet, but a teenager can relate ...
GARTH ANCIER Bruce has been a big supporter of the network from the beginning, and he's always been great to work...
GARTH ANCIER A month from now, when many of our shows will have premiered, there's going to be a bit of a shift p...
GARTH ANCIER We hear it a lot - my 14-year-old daughter loves your network. I don't watch it, but it's really for...
GARTH ANCIER This group really shares the ball on offense and plays well together on defense. It's a wonderful gr...
GARTH ADAMS We're seeing the benefits of an experienced group and a group that's known each other for a long tim...
GARTH ADAMS This really is a team in every sense of the word. We've been getting a lot of contributions from a l...
GARTH ADAMS We're playing around eight or nine guys per game. We have no big numbers.
GARTH ADAMS

I'm just taking care of myself: Eating less, exercising more, drinking a lot of coconut water.
JENNIE GARTH

I don't believe in depriving yourself of things you want.
JENNIE GARTH I'm sweetness an' motherfuckin' light. Filled from goddamn head to toe wit' love.
GARTH ENNIS

I don't understand why people insist on pitting concepts of evolution and creation against each othe...
GARTH STEIN Indeed, were the Sacrament never carried about, it could never be received by the faithful.
GARTH MOORE

I could have probably raised them in L.A. and they would have been great and had so many things at t...
JENNIE GARTH

The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're re...
GARTH BROOKS

I don't care if people remember Garth Brooks.
GARTH BROOKS

I don't think it's changed that much when you go on the principle if Garth introduced more r...
GARTH BROOKS

Before the show, we see all these radio people, and most of them say, 'Garth, you're a lot c...
GARTH BROOKS It is not by Christ's ordinance that "the Sacrament is reserved, lifted up or worshiped." But becaus...
GARTH MOORE

Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbeliev...
GARTH BROOKS

I wrote 'The River' practically trying to rip off every lick that James Taylor had, so it wa...
GARTH BROOKS Beck does a mean robot.
GARTH JENNINGS It's one thing to announce it, but you can't just flick a switch and all of a sudden bang, it's done...
GARTH WHYTE

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.
GARTH BROOKS Well, I once recall an old master sergeant once telling me that NCOs look after the men so that offi...
GARTH ENNIS For instance, in previous years, you could bear-hug players up in front of the net looking for rebou...
GARTH SNOW

There's a difference between knowing what's on the page in a history book and actually feeli...
GARTH BROOKS

We didn't plan any one of them, but higher forces and recognizing priorities helped us along the way...
JENNIE GARTH

I never met a cow I didn't like.
JENNIE GARTH

If the artists would just keep hammering away - unify, stick together - then music will become the k...
GARTH BROOKS Larger than life character; a couple of hundred years ago he would have been a pirate. "When in evil...
GARTH ENNIS

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives ...
GARTH BROOKS

Trying to learn from what's behind you/ And never knowing what's in store/ Makes each day a constant...
GARTH BROOKS

One of the greatest gifts we have is our own mistakes and somebody singing about them.
GARTH BROOKS She was like a candle in the wind... unreliable.
GARTH MARENGHI

We call them cool, those hearts that have no scars to show. The one's who never do let go. And risk ...
GARTH BROOKS

You know a dream is like a river/ Ever changing as it flows./ And a dreamer's not just a vessel/ Tha...
GARTH BROOKS

When there's only one race, and that's mankind, we shall be free.
GARTH BROOKS

Life is not tried, it is merely survived if your standing outside the fire
GARTH BROOKS

Tell that someone that you love, just what you're thinking of, If tomorrow never comes.
GARTH BROOKS

A hundred hundred heartbeats..." whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face.

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