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I adore all Agatha Christie’s books and turn to them whenever I’m ill or need cheering up Picture Quote #1

I’ve never written a children’s book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, ‘Children’s books?’ Maybe it’s something about my face Picture Quote #1

I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they’re reading the damn screen. That’s more reading than people used to do Picture Quote #1

To want to meet an author because you like his books is as ridiculous as wanting to meet the goose because you like pate de foie gras Picture Quote #1

It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry Picture Quote #1

Everywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can’t read or write, but they can memorize whole albums Picture Quote #1

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You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here Picture Quote #1

Now... in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books Picture Quote #1

A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They’ll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing Picture Quote #1

It’s no secret that in my books I’m trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can Picture Quote #1

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you’re a bit larger than you used to be Picture Quote #1

Some books makes me want to go adventuring, others feel that they have saved me the trouble Picture Quote #1

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His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling Picture Quote #1

Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forests to be turned into comic books and plastic cigarette cases; if we drive the few remaining members of the wild species into zoos or to extinction; if we pollute the last clear air and dirty the last clean streams and push our paved roads through the last of the silence Picture Quote #1

Here’s another piece of advice, only date people who have read a different set of books than you have read, it will save you lots of time in the library Picture Quote #1

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books Picture Quote #1

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books Picture Quote #1

Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun Picture Quote #1

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Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more Picture Quote #1

Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again Picture Quote #1

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books Picture Quote #1

Even if we die at 100, we’re still dying young. I want at least 700 years. There’s a lot of travelling and books to read and movies to see. I’m not going to squeeze it all in in 85 years Picture Quote #1

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart Picture Quote #1

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works Picture Quote #1

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it’s about the same proportion to books published that I care to read Picture Quote #1

I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage Picture Quote #1

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it Picture Quote #1

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right Picture Quote #1

I’m kind of surprised that so many of those other books were almost exactly like mine. They even follow the form. There were some books that even copied the stamp. It shows so little imagination Picture Quote #1

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I adore all Agatha Christie’s books and turn to them whenever I’m ill or need cheering up (Books Quotes) I’ve never written a children’s book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, ‘Children’s books?’ Maybe it’s something about my face (Books Quotes) I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they’re reading the damn screen. That’s more reading than people used to do (Books Quotes) To want to meet an author because you like his books is as ridiculous as wanting to meet the goose because you like pate de foie gras (Books Quotes) It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry (Books Quotes) Everywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can’t read or write, but they can memorize whole albums (Books Quotes) You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here (Books Quotes) Now... in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books (Books Quotes) A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They’ll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing (Books Quotes) It’s no secret that in my books I’m trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can (Books Quotes) Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you’re a bit larger than you used to be (Books Quotes) Some books makes me want to go adventuring, others feel that they have saved me the trouble (Books Quotes) His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling (Books Quotes) Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forests to be turned into comic books and plastic cigarette cases; if we drive the few remaining members of the wild species into zoos or to extinction; if we pollute the last clear air and dirty the last clean streams and push our paved roads through the last of the silence (Books Quotes) Here’s another piece of advice, only date people who have read a different set of books than you have read, it will save you lots of time in the library (Books Quotes) And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books (Books Quotes) Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books (Books Quotes) Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun (Books Quotes) Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more (Books Quotes) Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again (Books Quotes) Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books (Books Quotes) Even if we die at 100, we’re still dying young. I want at least 700 years. There’s a lot of travelling and books to read and movies to see. I’m not going to squeeze it all in in 85 years (Books Quotes) Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart (Books Quotes) From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings (Books Quotes) I don’t think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works (Books Quotes) I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it’s about the same proportion to books published that I care to read (Books Quotes) I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage (Books Quotes) I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it (Books Quotes) I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right (Books Quotes) I’m kind of surprised that so many of those other books were almost exactly like mine. They even follow the form. There were some books that even copied the stamp. It shows so little imagination (Books Quotes)

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