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Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways Picture Quote #1

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans Picture Quote #1

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him Picture Quote #1

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want Picture Quote #1

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art Picture Quote #1

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? Picture Quote #1

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McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book as object Picture Quote #1

Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring Picture Quote #1

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate Picture Quote #1

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house Picture Quote #1

I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of that, we try to get one weekend a month with Isaboo at our home in the Adirondacks to relax and recharge Picture Quote #1

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all Picture Quote #1

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If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror Picture Quote #1

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help Picture Quote #1

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd Picture Quote #1

One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for it's own sake, has most Picture Quote #1

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book Picture Quote #1

The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, darwin and Renan, the one the critic of the Book of Nature, the other the critic of the books of God Picture Quote #1

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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand Picture Quote #1

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of it's contents Picture Quote #1

Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it Picture Quote #1

You should study the Peerage, gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done Picture Quote #1

I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book Picture Quote #1

I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient Picture Quote #1

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Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle Picture Quote #1

Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing Picture Quote #1

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them Picture Quote #1

One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books, though preparation is necessary to profitable reading; and the less reading is better than more; book struck men are of all readers least wise, however knowing or learned Picture Quote #1

When a man says he sees nothing in a book, he very often means that he does not see himself in it: which, if it is not a comedy or a satire, is likely enough Picture Quote #1

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... But I have published slightly too much recently Picture Quote #1

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Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways (Book Quotes) When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans (Book Quotes) Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him (Book Quotes) Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want (Book Quotes) Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art (Book Quotes) How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? (Book Quotes) McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book as object (Book Quotes) Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring (Book Quotes) I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate (Book Quotes) I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house (Book Quotes) I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of that, we try to get one weekend a month with Isaboo at our home in the Adirondacks to relax and recharge (Book Quotes) If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all (Book Quotes) If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror (Book Quotes) In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help (Book Quotes) I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd (Book Quotes) One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for it's own sake, has most (Book Quotes) I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book (Book Quotes) The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, darwin and Renan, the one the critic of the Book of Nature, the other the critic of the books of God (Book Quotes) Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand (Book Quotes) Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of it's contents (Book Quotes) Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it (Book Quotes) You should study the Peerage, gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done (Book Quotes) I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book (Book Quotes) I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient (Book Quotes) Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle (Book Quotes) Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing (Book Quotes) I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them (Book Quotes) One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books, though preparation is necessary to profitable reading; and the less reading is better than more; book struck men are of all readers least wise, however knowing or learned (Book Quotes) When a man says he sees nothing in a book, he very often means that he does not see himself in it: which, if it is not a comedy or a satire, is likely enough (Book Quotes) If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... But I have published slightly too much recently (Book Quotes)

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