Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
Tama Janowitz
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I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen.
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BIANCA JAGGER Every day I see support, and it just keeps me going.
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, THE HUMAN FACE, 2001 I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me
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AVI I had a best friend once 20 years down the line a friendship that you just do not get now, i regarde...
GARY F EVANS... Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.
JOSEPH WAMBAUGH I think the bravest thing to write about is nothing, just to write a book in which nothing happens.
MEG ROSOFF I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.
CHARLAINE HARRIS Every time I write 'Stephanie Plum', it's going to be Katherine Heigl's face there.
JANET EVANOVICH Every universe I’ve created lately, your face keeps popping up in it.
ADAM SILVERA I am never alone, the pages of a book keeps me my mind occupied.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I think every young cook wants to write a book.
THOMAS KELLER I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.
FARLEY MOWAT Instead of breaking that bridge, we should, if possible, provide
another, that he may retire the so...
ARISTIDES ("THE JUST") We make war that we may live in peace.
ARISTIDES ("THE JUST") I just love the game, ... It keeps me in shape.
JOE PHILLIPS Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as ...
KATE DICAMILLO I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand peop...
ANN HOOD Your book is a springboard and integral strategic part of your overall game plan. Being an author po...
KYTKA HILMAR-JEZEK Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi...
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD I've been a victim of just about every kind of circumstance there is, ... I could write a book on ho...
JOE NEDNEY Life's irony;Some people use the social media to showcase their riches,others to showcase their frie...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I have a deep feeling for Kashmir, and I just had to write this book, ... [But] it's very hard to wr...
SALMAN RUSHDIE I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never hav...
JON SCIESZKA Face the monster, you know...the one that works overtime to keep you down. The one that tells you it...
CATHY GIPSON She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING My method is, I just sit down and write a book.
KAREN ROBARDS I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.
JON KRAKAUER Every time I write a new book, I want to push myself to try something different.
LAUREN MYRACLE Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or...
YANN MARTEL I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n...
, IN THE NEW REPUBLIC I write the best book that I can write each time.
KAREN ROBARDS I've written a lot of books in my time, and to write a book about Joe McCarthy and have some of ...
M. STANTON EVANS One thing that worried me was how writers get categorized and so they end up having to write the sam...
JUSTIN CRONIN Because instant and credible information has to be given, it becomes necessary to resort to guesswor...
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to b...
JUNOT DíAZ You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace."
I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl...
TAMMARA WEBBER When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)
MARKUS ZUSAK Bod was obedient but curious.
NEIL GAIMAN Here is a small fact: You are going to die"
"does this scare you? I urge you don't be afraid, I...
MARKUS ZUSAK There are skies manufactured by people, punctured and leaking,and there are soft,coal-colored clouds...
MARKUS ZUSAK She was a Jew feeder without a question in the world on that man's first night in Molching. She was ...
MARKUS ZUSAK An attribute of Rosa Hubermann, she was a good woman for a crisis.
MARKUS ZUSAK Her teeth were like a soccer crowd, crammed in.
MARKUS ZUSAK The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was no...
MARKUS ZUSAK If your eyes could speak, what would they say
MAX VANDENBURG "THE BOOK THIEF" Oh, come on, Arthur."
"I don't want to hear it, Andy."
"Jesus Christ"
"He doesn't wan...
MARKUS ZUSAK Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.
MARKUS ZUSAK Tears were frozen to the book theif's face.
MARKUS ZUSAK I've taken the leap of faith to stop punching the company time clock and start working for mysel...
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN I'm a workaholic. I love every movie I've been in, even the bad ones, every TV series, every play, b...
KARL MALDEN Imagine you are a reader perusing reviews of a brand new title to decide if that book is right for y...
BOOK –BOSOMED IN MYTHBUSTING THE BOOK REVIEW SYSTEM Have you tried talking to her?"
"No. We've been punching her in the face repeatedly. What? You...
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DAN BROWN I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and r...
ANTONY BEEVOR The whole side of his face was so swollen, I couldn't miss it (whether) I was throwing a jab or a ri...
SHANE MOSLEY Rational Self was screaming, “This is crazy! Abort before she lets you down easy!” But Hopeful T...
ANGELA ARMSTRONG The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time...
JAMES ROLLINS It is bound to be a failure, every book is a failure, but I do know with some clarity what kind of b...
GEORGE ORWELL I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a react...
MARISHA PESSL It just keeps going up every day.
FAZLUL HOQUE I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down.
CARLOS FUENTES Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to wri...
MALCOLM COWLEY Be kind and considerate with your criticism. . . . It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to...
MALCOLM COWLEY Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
TED BELL I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book.
LORRAINE TOUSSAINT In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music....
GARY F EVANS... I just like Raisin Bran - it keeps me regular.
GRETCHEN WILSON It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
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