#book

There is no handbook about how a career is going to go. ↗

— Gary Cole

#career #go #going #handbook #how

I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#anything #books #boundaries #free #i

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. ↗

— Paul Valery

#content #fire #humidity #own #people

I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#big #big mistake #book #conceived #could

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#books #capture #characters #hollywood #i

You've got to live life to write a book about it. ↗

— Andy Williams

#book #got #life #live #live life

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#been #bonus #book #came #dream

I can go from one extreme to another, from playing at the Sydney Opera House on the Songbook tour to shows with Soundgarden at Voodoo Fest, all in a week. ↗

— Chris Cornell

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