Famous Quotes: Book

Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'
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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.
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Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.
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I used my aviation contacts to open a travel agency. I used to book Caribbean flights.
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Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.
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I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.
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But I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience.
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Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
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My mom has always said that if I get a big head, she'll take me out of this business as quickly as I got into it.
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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.
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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.
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My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.
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If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.
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On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.
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We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on.
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You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.
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I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online.
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I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.
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I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.
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