Garth Nix
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RANSOM RIGGS CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS DAVID LISS In my book, either a business grows, or it goes down. I want to be number one. MAGGIE HARDY MAGERKO Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to... MALCOLM COWLEY ERNEST HEMINGWAY Sometimes I get to see a movie that's adapted from a book that I haven't heard about or that... TATIANA DE ROSNAY M.F. MOONZAJER I write in a very peculiar way. I think about a book for 25 or 30 years in a kind of inchoate way, a... CHARLES MCCARRY I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and... PATRICK DEWITT I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself fo... KAREN THOMPSON WALKER ALAFAIR BURKE DAVID BALDACCI I love real books, paper books, but I also love buying online, and I think that people are more will... CAROLINE LEAVITT NEEL MUKHERJEE BOBBY ORR AVI I actually wrote it down when Jamie said that. I'm going to use it in my book someday ? if I ever wr... STEVE MALCHOW MARIE KONDO I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a react... MARISHA PESSL I don't think of people as black or white. It's a question of are they photogenic or not? I ... EILEEN FORD I love to write a book out of questions; in fact, I think it's the only way my writing can opera... KATE GRENVILLE CARL HIAASEN With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book... DAN PINK Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actu... CHRIS MATTHEWS WENTWORTH MILLER It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as... JEFF ABBOTT SANTOSH KALWAR BOB SEGER JAMES FREY RICHARD DAWKINS J. LYNN JUDITH JAMISON 'Celebrate' is meant to be a guide to party planning and, as such, it has to cover the basic... PIPPA MIDDLETON The person that gives you a good book to read is more valuable than the one that gives you money,bec... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. I... JANE YOLEN PATRICK NESS For me, whether it's in a book or on T.V., a recipe has to be simple. I have a short attention s... AL ROKER ANTONY BEEVOR I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd hav... EDDIE CAMPBELL JOHN GRISHAM I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. ... CAMILLA LACKBERG BEN ELTON I'm usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and ... JACQUELINE WOODSON JACKIE COLLINS If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again an... E. L. JAMES I love graphic design. I love working with design, and I love storytelling, so I've been working... COLLEEN HASKELL CASSANDRA CLARE Robin McKinley's 'The Blue Sword' was a defining book of my teen years, and I'd love... CARRIE VAUGHN President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes, an... CONAN O'BRIEN People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ... BARRY LOPEZ I've always been really hard on myself. If I didn't book a job, I would cry. BELLA HADID You’re too much”, he said. “You talk too much, love too much, feel too much. And I don’t kno... A BOOK I'LL NEVER WRITE I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable.... CHUCK KLOSTERMAN There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of... BARBARA PARK RICHARD WRIGHT When I started to write 'Hannah's Child,' I realized that this had to be a book of passi... STANLEY HAUERWAS I'll read any anthologies or collection I can get my hands on. If I find a book mentioned in ... ELLEN DATLOW It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that. FRANCES MAYES ALDOUS HUXLEY KURT VONNEGUT I think it's good that we're not embarrassed that we're comic book creators anymore. It&... JONATHAN HICKMAN JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that... SALLY SCHNEIDER HOLLY BLACK I've always wanted to write an airport book. ELIZABETH HAND One day I was talking about what I was going to do next, and just found myself announcing it: 'I... JOHN BURNSIDE GRAHAM NASH DAN BROWN What makes a good book? Simply put, a good book is one that you enjoy reading. CARMELA DUTRA BILLY GRAHAM ELIOT SCHREFER JAN KARON The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I ma... CANDACE CAMP DAVID BOWIE BILL GOLDBERG I've been wanting to write a book about what goes into creating a novel, and the story behind &#... DAMON GALGUT Most of the stuff that people look at on Quora today was not written in the last month. You write so... ADAM D'ANGELO ABRAHAM VERGHESE It's absolutely chilling to think that I've been working on a comic-book series called '... ADRIAN TOMINE JAYSON WILLIAMS JAMES PATTERSON
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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 GARTH BROOKS GARTH STEIN GARTH STEIN GARTH STEIN GARTH STEIN GARTH STEIN GARTH STEIN GARTH STEIN 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... 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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 JENNIE GARTH JENNIE GARTH I'm sweetness an' motherfuckin' light. Filled from goddamn head to toe wit' love. GARTH ENNIS GARTH STEIN Indeed, were the Sacrament never carried about, it could never be received by the faithful. GARTH MOORE JENNIE GARTH GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS It is not by Christ's ordinance that "the Sacrament is reserved, lifted up or worshiped." But becaus... GARTH MOORE GARTH BROOKS 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 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... 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