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I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second Picture Quote #1

I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it’s sort of like taking the training wheels off, trying to write a book that’s fun in the same way without relying on quite such mechanical or external beats Picture Quote #1

It’s just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated Picture Quote #1

It’s not surprising to see in my own work, looking back, and in the work of some of my peers, an attention to family. It’s nice to write a book that does tend toward significance and meaning, and where else are you sure of finding it? Picture Quote #1

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything Picture Quote #1

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book Picture Quote #1

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If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids Picture Quote #1

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it’s very, very classical, and in some ways I’m breaking lots of rules about what you can do and what you can’t do Picture Quote #1

I’ll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you’re trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book Picture Quote #1

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book Picture Quote #1

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons Picture Quote #1

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I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator Picture Quote #1

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own Picture Quote #1

The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he’s written it Picture Quote #1

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit Picture Quote #1

Children simply don’t make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed Picture Quote #1

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness Picture Quote #1

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If kids like a picture book, they’re going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed Picture Quote #1

My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it Picture Quote #1

The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else’s shoes. The reader’s shoes. You’ve got to entertain them Picture Quote #1

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it Picture Quote #1

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago Picture Quote #1

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom Picture Quote #1

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A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author’s soul Picture Quote #1

You don’t want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven’t done what I do. Most book reviewers haven’t written 11 novels. Many of them haven’t written one Picture Quote #1

Mallarme said that everything in the world exists in order to end in a book. Today everything exists to end in a photograph Picture Quote #1

I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I’ve read has taught me something Picture Quote #1

Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about Picture Quote #1

I just want the fans of the book to be happy. I don’t necessarily care about anyone else Picture Quote #1

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I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second (Book Quotes) I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it’s sort of like taking the training wheels off, trying to write a book that’s fun in the same way without relying on quite such mechanical or external beats (Book Quotes) It’s just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated (Book Quotes) It’s not surprising to see in my own work, looking back, and in the work of some of my peers, an attention to family. It’s nice to write a book that does tend toward significance and meaning, and where else are you sure of finding it? (Book Quotes) The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything (Book Quotes) I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book (Book Quotes) If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids (Book Quotes) I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it’s very, very classical, and in some ways I’m breaking lots of rules about what you can do and what you can’t do (Book Quotes) I’ll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you’re trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book (Book Quotes) Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book (Book Quotes) I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first (Book Quotes) If you’re going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons (Book Quotes) I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator (Book Quotes) If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own (Book Quotes) The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he’s written it (Book Quotes) A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit (Book Quotes) Children simply don’t make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed (Book Quotes) From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness (Book Quotes) If kids like a picture book, they’re going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed (Book Quotes) My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it (Book Quotes) The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else’s shoes. The reader’s shoes. You’ve got to entertain them (Book Quotes) A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it (Book Quotes) If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago (Book Quotes) I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom (Book Quotes) A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author’s soul (Book Quotes) You don’t want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven’t done what I do. Most book reviewers haven’t written 11 novels. Many of them haven’t written one (Book Quotes) Mallarme said that everything in the world exists in order to end in a book. Today everything exists to end in a photograph (Book Quotes) I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I’ve read has taught me something (Book Quotes) Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about (Book Quotes) I just want the fans of the book to be happy. I don’t necessarily care about anyone else (Book Quotes)

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