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I'm going to name a name: Janet Evanovich. She writes the same book over and over, and I read ev... KARIN SLAUGHTER When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.
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LOU DOILLON
I wrote the Dickens book because I loved Dickens, not because I felt a kinship with him, but after w... JANE SMILEY A small publishing house is sometimes the way to go. I wanted somebody who would publish my book and...
REGINA LEWIS
I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and though... GAYLE FORMAN It got to a point in life i let go of all the pointless people in my life, those who loved me, i sho...
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I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single... BETH REVIS
I wanted to make my stories, which are inspired by Asian stories, into something fresh, decontextual... KEN LIU I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.
KATE ADIE
I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the write... CARLOS FUENTES I know who you are. You wrote a book about my dad.
BRETT HULL
All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the ... ALICE HOFFMAN I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wante...
RANDY HARRISON My father died of brain cancer in 1991. I do not know anyone whose life has not been touched by the ...
ALICIA COPPOLA
I wanted to tell them that I'd never had a friend, not ever, not a real one. Until Dante. I wanted t... BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ
Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least o... AVI My favorite part was meeting the author. She is one of my favorite authors, and I liked the book, so...
CAROLINE LELAND She loved big parties. I had a lot of buddies, and they always wanted to hang out at my house becaus...
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BRIAN SKERRY
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ALICE MCDERMOTT
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I thought, well of course, Kinsey absolutely adored teaching. He was a wonderful teacher. So these k... LIAM NEESON Every day while I was in the hospital, every one of the them came and saw me, and they just wanted m...
DAMIEN HESS
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There's nothing like privacy. You know, I like people. It's nice that they might like my books and a... CHARLES BUKOWSKI
I don't really compare any of the characters I play; I try to go into them being very open to wh... MAHERSHALA ALI
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I was in the book, and the book was in my head, and as long as I stayed inside my head, I could go o... PAUL AUSTER
Nilipozaliwa nilipendwa na kuogopwa, watu walicheza na mimi lakini mimi sikucheza nao. Niliwapenda. SIMON MASHALLA
My dad was fascinated with sundials. He photographed hundreds of them and wrote a book about them. H... BILL NYE Any idiot can write a long book. All it takes is patience and a willingness to keep pounding on the ...
JASON SHEEHAN A good book ought to bring out lots of different responses from those that read it - none of them pr...
SHARON DRAPER
I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved t... ANN PATCHETT I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked fo...
JENNIFER CHIAVERINI
I don't for one second think about the possibility of censorship when I am writing a new book. I... LOIS LOWRY None of them knew a thing about what they were talking about, but every one of them acted like they ...
BRUCE HAGERMAN In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. I...
JANE YOLEN
When I wrote 'Silver Linings,' I thought I was writing a book about the Philadelphia Eagles ... MATTHEW QUICK I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the w...
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The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book ... BUCHI EMECHETA
It's going to be labor-intensive and time-consuming, but you need to take all the books down and... MARIE KONDO I didn't want to make the book as it was, I wanted to make the book as I remembered it.
ANDREW ADAMSON
I'm always depressed when a book ends, because those are my friends for however long the book ta... SEANAN MCGUIRE I knew it was a big responsibility, and it was brave of them to bring in a freak like me. I really w...
KATE BORNSTEIN
With fantasy, one often has to think of a well-loved series before narrowing the selection to a favo... NEAL ASHER All of these white kids and teachers, who were so suspicious of me when I first arrived, had learned...
SHERMAN ALEXIE I was thinking about how the kids in New Orleans wouldn't have a good holiday. They'd lost everythin...
JENNY SILVER 'Thunderbolts' I was mostly attracted to because I really wanted to write Punisher and Elekt...
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JAMES ELKINS
I wanted what most people wanted—love, companionship.I wanted someone to touch. I wanted som...
CHLOE NEILL When I wrote my first serious novel, 'Interior', I was inspired by a 1978 book of Updike'...
JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT
I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that ... ANN PATCHETT
I enjoy stories about thin women - I read them frequently. I enjoy them; I root for those characters... RAINBOW ROWELL I started looking at it, ... and I thought, 'Oh my God, this is like Gertrude Stein wrote this book....
MAIRA KALMAN
When I was 8 years old, I saw 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walk... DWAYNE JOHNSON In elementary school, I loved the 'Bailey School Kids' series. It was about a group of class...
TYLER OAKLEY Once I found out that I was playing 'Deathlok,' I unearthed my old comic book collection. I ...
J. AUGUST RICHARDS My first book was on the grittier side of life. A week before being published, I realized all of my ...
ADAM SILVERA I knew that if we kept the lead, then we had a good chance to bring it home. We had a little trouble...
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ADAM SILVERA
You see? I know where every single book used to be in the library.' She pointed to the shelf opposit... JASPER FFORDE More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.
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I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writi... PAULO COELHO
I was skating with friends in my neighborhood, and then eventually I was invited to go to the skate ... TONY HAWK I talked to (assistant coach) Rich Preston and expressed some interest. I knew I wanted to come back...
JASON WIEMER
Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I... OCTAVIA BUTLER
The characters in my novels are my own unrealised possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of th... MILAN KUNDERA
I have a lot of teenage readers and readers in their early twenties. My writing style appeals to the... JULIA QUINN That's why I chose it, it's the first book in a series. This way they get the first book and it will...
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LAURA HILLENBRAND
When I wrote my first book, 'The Tennis Party', my overriding concern was that I didn't ... SOPHIE KINSELLA
After reading the book, I hope young people will see how I changed my life and how it's up to them t... BARRY WHITE
When I realized I wanted to do more writing and less traveling around the world teaching live semina... JACK CANFIELD I always knew that I wanted to live with books, even as a child, because we traveled a lot. Home was...
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PADDY CONSIDINE I roll into pure thought and sit and sulk at the wall. Tears don't, usually, come pouring from my ey...
KAYLA RAE My first favourite book was 'Are You My Mother?' A picture book about a lost bird. After tha...
RICK YANCEY
I stay true to my lyrics. If I go back and look at them in hindsight, the emotions I had when I wrot... PALOMA FAITH One of the things I love about writing is the way you can use what you know and what you've expe...
KATE GRENVILLE
I remember noticing, when I had my babies, how much I liked them, and not just loved them, but I was... TILDA SWINTON
Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else ... DEAN KOONTZ
Hoping they'd been inspired by the examples of Anne Frank and other teens who had turned negativ... ERIN GRUWELL
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