"I don't take advances for my books."

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"Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

Stephen King, American Author

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"I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can't take in the strong content they provide."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Books, Poison, Knowledge, Power

"Every book is worth reading. If it cannot make you wiser it will make you a critic."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Books, Reading, Wisdom, Criticism

"I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part."

Sue Grafton, American Novelist

Books, Formula, Hell, Want

"Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are."

Bruce Jackson, American Public Servant

Books, Now

"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Books, Metaphysics

"Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important."

Brian P. Cleary, American Author

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"I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection."

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"I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure."

Faith

"Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball."

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"People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time."

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"Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist."

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"Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid."

"At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity."

"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

"I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can't take in the strong content they provide."

"Every book is worth reading. If it cannot make you wiser it will make you a critic."

"I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part."

"Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are."

"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

"Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive."

"These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important."

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"Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society."

"I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection."

"I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure."

"My life is triage."

"I think people should be consumers of journalism."

"I don't sign contracts for my books."

"Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball."

"People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time."

"Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist."

"The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape."