Philip Yancey
Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON FRAN TARKENTON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON FRANK DEFORD ORNETTE COLEMAN About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM LEV GROSSMAN DEAN KOONTZ MATT GROENING PETE WENTZ I want to warn potential victims. Many of them are women, and many of them are battered women. It... ANN RULE INA GARTEN Most of the people you see me working for me are actually with me. And I'm proud to say that I&#... MAXWELL ANNE ROIPHE I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,'... DICKEY BETTS ANGELA AHRENDTS RICK RIORDAN OSCAR WILDE Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You ... NINA JACOBSON JOHN GRISHAM KATE THOMPSON I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've writ... PATRICK CARMAN JOHN GREEN I've been very lucky. I've written for most of my idols and the contemporaries. ALAN ZWEIBEL RUTH REICHL RAJNEESH SHILPA SHETTY Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS LUCAN LUCAN I've written three books you could think of as memoirs. CALVIN TRILLIN Yes, I have two books that are about me: one of them I wrote, and the other one was written about me... EVE BUNTING ELON MUSK KIM YOUNG-HA MALCOLM X I'm writing exactly the kinds of books I like to write. And they're the kinds of books I lik... JOY FIELDING I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer togeth... PAMELA STEPHENSON One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to w... DAMON KNIGHT I've started lots of books, but it's hard for me to finish them. HARMONY KORINE I haven't read the 'Twilight' books. But it's everywhere so I feel like I know it. E... MAX IRONS Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way."GORDON KORMAN I've never read a self help book... the most self-help I've read is on a beer mat. OPHELIA LOVIBOND Go out and find a copy of 'The Shrinking Of Treehorn' and its sequel, 'Treehorn's Tr... CHRIS RIDDELL NATASHA LYONNE SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA I've always written about things that cause me to feel something. IRIS DEMENT One of my favourite books of all time: 'The Great Gatsby'. I just think it's so well wri... DANIELLE DE NIESE I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their ... BEVERLY CLEARY NANCY LUBLIN 'Rescue Me' is the first book in a three-book series. Although, like all my series, the book... RACHEL GIBSON HALSTON SAGE JEREMY CLARKSON CONOR MCGREGOR ALAN BALL RAY BRADBURY LINDA GRANT LOIS LOWRY I've read the poker books, but at this point, everybody who's playing has read the poker boo... IRA GLASS I've met men who've stood in long lines on my book tours, and they've said things like, ... BEVERLY LEWIS TONY DUNGY THOMAS MALLON JASON BATEMAN SUZANNE SOMERS GRETCHEN RUBIN MAEVE BINCHY GEORGE R. R. MARTIN JOHN IRVING I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read the... GAIL Z. MARTIN EUGENIE CLARK KEVIN KWAN I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic sco... CLIFF MARTINEZ I've read everything that Isaac Asimov ever wrote, for a start. I'm massively into my fantas... ROBERT KAZINSKY I myself don't know what makes my books work. I enter a bookstore and I'm frankly overwhelme... CHETAN BHAGAT I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read eve... A. SCOTT BERG Guilty pleasure implies that it's something that I feel guilty for watching... people tell me I ... NE-YO DYLAN MORAN ADELE What would have become of me if no one had wanted to read my books? And don't forget all those w... SELMA LAGERLOF I've always liked adventure television. Pre-'Survivor,' I did a series on cable called &... MARK BURNETT DAVE EGGERS I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them. VALERIE TRIERWEILER Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity. FRED SABERHAGEN I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov&... MAGNUS CARLSEN The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with... 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