#book

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books. ↗

— Rupert Grint

#biggest #books #fan #film #going

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged. ↗

— David Guterson

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Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

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I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism. ↗

— Bell Hooks

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I can do web, comic books, macrame, art. ↗

— Joss Whedon

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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves. ↗

— J. A. Jance

#about #also #assured #become #being

I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms. ↗

— Lisa Whelchel

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Imagine a world in which no writer has written a literary novel in sixty years. Imagine a place where not a single person has read a book that is truly about the character at its center. ↗

— Adam Johnson

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