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"Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads."

"Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads."

Cornelia Funke, German Author

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"Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused."

"Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

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"We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And there's very little we can do about that."

"We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And there's very little we can do about that."

Richard Curtis, New Zealander Writer

Books, Rights, Newzealander

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"Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison."

"Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison."

Laura Hillenbrand, American Author

Books, Literary, Office, Poison

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"I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept."

"I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept."

Anne McCaffrey, American Author

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"The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I've read so often that I've internalized them in some really essential way: they are more inside me now than out."

"The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I've read so often that I've internalized them in some really essential way: they are more inside me now than out."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

Books, Childhood, First, Now

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"In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year."

"In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year."

Larry Elder, American Journalist

Books, Spain, Years

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"As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books."

"As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books."

Jeff Miller, American Politician

Books, Rights, Laws, Nation

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"One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they will keep me in print. And they claim they sell very respectable numbers of my books, so I guess, and it's true, every place I go, my books are in libraries and on bookshelves."

"One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they will keep me in print. And they claim they sell very respectable numbers of my books, so I guess, and it's true, every place I go, my books are in libraries and on bookshelves."

Diane Wakoski, American Poet

Books, Libraries, Numbers, Press

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"Comic books were just the means for me to tell the story."

"Comic books were just the means for me to tell the story."

Michael Chabon, American Author

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"I never buy magazines, I never even buy books."

"I never buy magazines, I never even buy books."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

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"When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books."

"When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books."

Elizabeth Moon, American Author

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"The core " and perhaps unexpected " thing that books do for us is simplify. It sounds odd, because we think of literature as sophisticated. But there are powerful ways in which books organise, and clarify our concerns " and in this sense simplify."

"The core " and perhaps unexpected " thing that books do for us is simplify. It sounds odd, because we think of literature as sophisticated. But there are powerful ways in which books organise, and clarify our concerns " and in this sense simplify."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

Books, Life, Wisdom, Truth

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"Not as ours the books of old - Things that steam can stamp and fold; Not as ours the books of yore - Rows of type, and nothing more."

"Not as ours the books of old - Things that steam can stamp and fold; Not as ours the books of yore - Rows of type, and nothing more."

Austin Dobson, English Celebrity

Books, Nothing, Old

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"I think really good books can be read by anybody."

"I think really good books can be read by anybody."

Norton Juster, American Architect

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"Books follow morals, and not morals books."

"Books follow morals, and not morals books."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

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"I regret all of my books."

"I regret all of my books."

Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist

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"You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books."

"You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books."

Thomas Keller, American Celebrity

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"I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess."

"I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess."

H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist

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"I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations."

"I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

Books, English, Respect

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"The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it."

"The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it."

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, German Musician

Books, Children, Future, Talk

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"If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked."

"If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

Books, Quest, Questions, Tomorrow

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"Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books."

"Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books."

Pat Brown, American Entertainer

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"The wise are above books."

"The wise are above books."

Samuel Daniel, English Poet

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"A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them."

"A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them."

Horace Mann, American Educator

Books, Children, Man, Right

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"I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff."

"I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

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"Books, the children of the brain."

"Books, the children of the brain."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Books, Children

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"Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer."

"Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer."

James Ellroy, American Writer

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"My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books."

"My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books."

Don Nickles, American Politician

Books, Congress

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"Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them."

"Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them."

Jeffery Deaver, American Writer

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"Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers."

"Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers."

Pat Brown, American Entertainer

Books, Television

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"November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays."

"November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays."

Anita Diament, American Author

Books, Community, Country, Holidays

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"So far it's 43 books in 25 years."

"So far it's 43 books in 25 years."

Bernard Cornwell, British Novelist

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"The books are all very, very different so the publishers really had to be different too."

"The books are all very, very different so the publishers really had to be different too."

Mark Millar, Scottish Writer

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"Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor."

"Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor."

Sam Levenson, American Author

Books, Parents, Poor

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"It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do."

"It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

Books, Philosophy, Reason, Sound

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"These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves."

"These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves."

Gilbert Highet, Scottish Writer

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"A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you."

"A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you."

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

Books, Bed, Computer, Contrast

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"A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books."

"A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books."

Tim O'Reilly, American Publisher

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"As the books grew bigger and more ambitious, the situations in question sometimes became political ones, and so it became necessary to start painting in the social background on a scale which eventually became panoramic."

"As the books grew bigger and more ambitious, the situations in question sometimes became political ones, and so it became necessary to start painting in the social background on a scale which eventually became panoramic."

Jonathan Coe, English Novelist

Books, Painting, Question

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"Many of you might already recognize me as the guy in the question-mark suits appearing in the late night TV commercials and on the cover of educational books and CDs."

"Many of you might already recognize me as the guy in the question-mark suits appearing in the late night TV commercials and on the cover of educational books and CDs."

Matthew Lesko, American Entertainer

Books, Night, Question

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"No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film."

"No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film."

Donal Logue, Canadian Actor

Books, Film, Pretty, World

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"Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol."

"Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol."

Allen West, American Politician

Books, Laws, States

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"The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books."

"The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books."

Dan DeCarlo, American Cartoonist

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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."

"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."

Piers Anthony, English Writer

Books, Collaboration, Editors

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"I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do."

"I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do."

Jack Vance, American Author

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"I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books."

"I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books."

Terry Brooks, American Writer

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"Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases."

"Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases."

Evelyn Waugh, English Author

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"About 75 percent of the crude oil marketed here is sold off the books, and they are doing trades that would be illegal if it was a regulated market, and of course they do not want to regulate it."

"About 75 percent of the crude oil marketed here is sold off the books, and they are doing trades that would be illegal if it was a regulated market, and of course they do not want to regulate it."

Peter DeFazio, American Politician

Books, Oil, Want

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"It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't."

"It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't."

Carolyn Wells, American Author

Books, Interest

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