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"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."
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"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."
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"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."
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"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."
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"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."
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"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."
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"I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood."
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"To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films."
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"There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books."
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"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."
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"I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play."
Family
"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood."
Books
"People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her."
People
"Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises."
Friendship
"I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind."
Mind
"I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there."
Imagination
"People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books."
People
"I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters."
Family
"I grew up before there were strict leash laws."
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"With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own."
Books
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