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I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand Picture Quote #1

Someone once said that middle age is like rereading a book that you haven’t read since you were a callow youth. The first time around you were dazzled by impressions, emotions, and tended to miss the finer points. In middle age you have the equipment to see the subtleties you missed before and you savor it more slowly Picture Quote #1

One of these days, I’m going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take Picture Quote #1

In all their jollity in this world, the wicked are but as a book fairly bound, which when it is opened is full of nothing but tragedies. So when the book of their consciences shall be once opened, there is nothing to be read but lamentations and woes Picture Quote #1

Every jacket I make has interior pockets big enough to store a book and a sandwich and a passport Picture Quote #1

The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to see all at once, but must be content to wait for the discovery of its beauty, and symmetry, little by little, as it graduallly comes to be more and more unfolded, or displayed Picture Quote #1

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Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and they always brought something out in me. Summer was supposed to be about freedom and youth and no school and possibilities and adventure and exploration. Summer was a book of hope. That’s why I loved and hated summers. Because they made me want to believe Picture Quote #1

Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I’d nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all that had gone into its creation: the sun and rain that spilled on the cocoa plant, the soil that nourished it, the hands that picked the beans, and so on. My taste of chocolate became a lesson on the interconnectedness of things, and the infinite blessings for which I am grateful Picture Quote #1

My reputation when I was first here was that I had every single answer in the book. I don’t know, maybe I portrayed that somehow. I was learning, and I continue to learn and I have learned Picture Quote #1

Sport... teaches life’s lessons. But there’s no substitute, in my book, for education, because that gives you choice Picture Quote #1

When I wake up in the morning and I turn that film on, it’s like reading a book and it’s exciting. I don’t read books, but if I read books it would be like reading a book Picture Quote #1

When a man publishes a book, there are so many stupid things said that he declares he’ll never do it again. The praise is almost always worse than the criticism Picture Quote #1

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All of a writer that matters is in the book or books. It is idiotic to be curious about the person Picture Quote #1

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page Picture Quote #1

A book is so much a part of oneself that in delivering it to the public one feels as if one were pushing one’s own child out into the traffic Picture Quote #1

In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself... the thing has to look true, and that is all. It is not made to look true by simple statement Picture Quote #1

So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that’s alive in your heart. That’s the one you have to write Picture Quote #1

Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth is that all good books will eventually find a publisher if the writer tries hard enough, and a central secret to writing a good book is to write on that people like you will enjoy Picture Quote #1

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There’s still a strange moment with every book when I move from the position of writer to the position of reader and I suddenly see my words with the eyes of the cold public. It gives me a terrible sense of exposure, as if I’d gotten sunburned Picture Quote #1

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience Picture Quote #1

The most important sentence in a good book is the first one; it will contain the organic seed from which all that follows will grow Picture Quote #1

Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just forget about the openings and spend all that time on the endings Picture Quote #1

Forget about every other lesson in the book. You have to be able to tap your foot or else none of what you doing you are not gonna have any control of your symptom Picture Quote #1

Role models are fine. Roll models are better. Anyone who can do a forward roll is pretty awesome in my book Picture Quote #1

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There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of us find a printed version preferable, or we don’t intend to read it, in which case a printed version is absolutely essential Picture Quote #1

In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one Picture Quote #1

No one else can feel it for you only you can let it in no one else, no one else can speak the words on your lips treat yourself in what’s unspoken live your life with arms wide open today is where your book begins the rest is still unwritten Picture Quote #1

The truth is that every book we read, like every person we meet, has the capacity to change our lives. And though we can be sure our children will meet people, we must, must create, these days, their chance to meet books Picture Quote #1

To excavate is to open a book written in the language that the centuries have spoken into the earth Picture Quote #1

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about Picture Quote #1

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I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand (Book Quotes) Someone once said that middle age is like rereading a book that you haven’t read since you were a callow youth. The first time around you were dazzled by impressions, emotions, and tended to miss the finer points. In middle age you have the equipment to see the subtleties you missed before and you savor it more slowly (Book Quotes) One of these days, I’m going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take (Book Quotes) In all their jollity in this world, the wicked are but as a book fairly bound, which when it is opened is full of nothing but tragedies. So when the book of their consciences shall be once opened, there is nothing to be read but lamentations and woes (Book Quotes) Every jacket I make has interior pockets big enough to store a book and a sandwich and a passport (Book Quotes) The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to see all at once, but must be content to wait for the discovery of its beauty, and symmetry, little by little, as it graduallly comes to be more and more unfolded, or displayed (Book Quotes) Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and they always brought something out in me. Summer was supposed to be about freedom and youth and no school and possibilities and adventure and exploration. Summer was a book of hope. That’s why I loved and hated summers. Because they made me want to believe (Book Quotes) Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I’d nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all that had gone into its creation: the sun and rain that spilled on the cocoa plant, the soil that nourished it, the hands that picked the beans, and so on. My taste of chocolate became a lesson on the interconnectedness of things, and the infinite blessings for which I am grateful (Book Quotes) My reputation when I was first here was that I had every single answer in the book. I don’t know, maybe I portrayed that somehow. I was learning, and I continue to learn and I have learned (Book Quotes) Sport... teaches life’s lessons. But there’s no substitute, in my book, for education, because that gives you choice (Book Quotes) When I wake up in the morning and I turn that film on, it’s like reading a book and it’s exciting. I don’t read books, but if I read books it would be like reading a book (Book Quotes) When a man publishes a book, there are so many stupid things said that he declares he’ll never do it again. The praise is almost always worse than the criticism (Book Quotes) All of a writer that matters is in the book or books. It is idiotic to be curious about the person (Book Quotes) The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page (Book Quotes) A book is so much a part of oneself that in delivering it to the public one feels as if one were pushing one’s own child out into the traffic (Book Quotes) In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself... the thing has to look true, and that is all. It is not made to look true by simple statement (Book Quotes) So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that’s alive in your heart. That’s the one you have to write (Book Quotes) Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth is that all good books will eventually find a publisher if the writer tries hard enough, and a central secret to writing a good book is to write on that people like you will enjoy (Book Quotes) There’s still a strange moment with every book when I move from the position of writer to the position of reader and I suddenly see my words with the eyes of the cold public. It gives me a terrible sense of exposure, as if I’d gotten sunburned (Book Quotes) I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience (Book Quotes) The most important sentence in a good book is the first one; it will contain the organic seed from which all that follows will grow (Book Quotes) Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just forget about the openings and spend all that time on the endings (Book Quotes) Forget about every other lesson in the book. You have to be able to tap your foot or else none of what you doing you are not gonna have any control of your symptom (Book Quotes) Role models are fine. Roll models are better. Anyone who can do a forward roll is pretty awesome in my book (Book Quotes) There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of us find a printed version preferable, or we don’t intend to read it, in which case a printed version is absolutely essential (Book Quotes) In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one (Book Quotes) No one else can feel it for you only you can let it in no one else, no one else can speak the words on your lips treat yourself in what’s unspoken live your life with arms wide open today is where your book begins the rest is still unwritten (Book Quotes) The truth is that every book we read, like every person we meet, has the capacity to change our lives. And though we can be sure our children will meet people, we must, must create, these days, their chance to meet books (Book Quotes) To excavate is to open a book written in the language that the centuries have spoken into the earth (Book Quotes) At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about (Book Quotes)

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