#book

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan. ↗

— Jared Diamond

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I'm concerned about a lot of serious border issues. This book is about the border reality and the struggles of the undocumented worker. ↗

— Ana Castillo

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I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

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It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

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The multitude of books is making us ignorant. ↗

— Voltaire

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I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

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Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

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No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

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I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

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I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house. ↗

— Dave Eggers

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