"I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading."

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"I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading."

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"With a book he was regardless of time."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"What a vast fertility of pleasure books hold for me! I went in and found the table laden with books. I looked in and sniffed them all. I could not resist carrying this one off and broaching it. I think I could happily live here and read forever."

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Stephen King, American Author

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Dean Koontz, American Author

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"I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy."

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"We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune."

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"I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it."

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"Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter."

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"There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched."

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"I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that goes wrong."

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"I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed."

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"I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air."

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