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The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build Picture Quote #1

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing Picture Quote #1

Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children’s book in them Picture Quote #1

If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that’s no fun at all Picture Quote #1

An empty book is like an infant’s soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders Picture Quote #1

Inevitably you’re going to be delayed somewhere. Always have a book. Always have a movie. Always have a notebook. And then always have a sense of humour Picture Quote #1

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I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that’s really worth the time and effort you’ll put in Picture Quote #1

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me Picture Quote #1

We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound Picture Quote #1

I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child Picture Quote #1

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school Picture Quote #1

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I never learned anything at all in school and didn’t read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old Picture Quote #1

The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can’t think of one single book that changed my life in any way Picture Quote #1

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book Picture Quote #1

I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three votes for a book before we take it on. So in that sense I suppose it is an orchestra Picture Quote #1

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you’re the character Picture Quote #1

The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man’s frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search Picture Quote #1

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The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it’s a kind of insane collage of fragments of memory Picture Quote #1

Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book Picture Quote #1

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I was going to buy a book on hair loss, but the pages kept falling out Picture Quote #1

What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can’t do. And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches Picture Quote #1

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We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign Picture Quote #1

I don’t care whether a book is a first edition or not. I’m not a bibliophile in that word’s natural sense Picture Quote #1

It is with pain that I read of the dire effects of my book upon the minds of young girls Picture Quote #1

It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books Picture Quote #1

I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the story itself that will carry me, and the reader, from beginning to end. Second, the story has to weave through larger themes that can illuminate the world of the subject Picture Quote #1

I can’t even say I’ve begun yet, but I’m trying on the idea that there is a book in my future Picture Quote #1

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The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build (Book Quotes) Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing (Book Quotes) Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children’s book in them (Book Quotes) If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that’s no fun at all (Book Quotes) An empty book is like an infant’s soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders (Book Quotes) Inevitably you’re going to be delayed somewhere. Always have a book. Always have a movie. Always have a notebook. And then always have a sense of humour (Book Quotes) I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that’s really worth the time and effort you’ll put in (Book Quotes) At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done (Book Quotes) I wouldn’t write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me (Book Quotes) We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound (Book Quotes) I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child (Book Quotes) In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school (Book Quotes) I never learned anything at all in school and didn’t read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old (Book Quotes) The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can’t think of one single book that changed my life in any way (Book Quotes) I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book (Book Quotes) I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three votes for a book before we take it on. So in that sense I suppose it is an orchestra (Book Quotes) As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you’re the character (Book Quotes) The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man’s frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search (Book Quotes) The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it’s a kind of insane collage of fragments of memory (Book Quotes) Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book (Book Quotes) Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories (Book Quotes) 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 (Book Quotes) I was going to buy a book on hair loss, but the pages kept falling out (Book Quotes) What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can’t do. And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches (Book Quotes) We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign (Book Quotes) I don’t care whether a book is a first edition or not. I’m not a bibliophile in that word’s natural sense (Book Quotes) It is with pain that I read of the dire effects of my book upon the minds of young girls (Book Quotes) It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books (Book Quotes) I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the story itself that will carry me, and the reader, from beginning to end. Second, the story has to weave through larger themes that can illuminate the world of the subject (Book Quotes) I can’t even say I’ve begun yet, but I’m trying on the idea that there is a book in my future (Book Quotes)

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