To some extent the shorter the writing assignment is, the harder it is to accomplish, and a blurb is 200 words max. Blurbs are meaningless, and actua….

it wont be possible to be famouse without courage..

Books are many things: lullabies for the weary, ointment for the wounded, armour for the fearful and nests for those in need of a home..

Chansons possibles ou impossibles.

DeFrantz's study...is not the first book about the protean Ailey, who was born in hardscrabble Texas in 1931 and died in 1989 after creating close to….

[Book's subtitle:] Designed as a beacon of light to guide women to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but which may be read by members of the….

We [ with Italo Calvino] had a great relationship. I don't think it's a coincidence that his only daughter's name is Giovanna. I loved his book dedic….

I get my ideas for books from my own kids and sometimes from other children. Often when I am telling stories I will say: I am going to make up a new ….

The book is the book and it will always be there. It's a quiet ending. In the book it's a contemplative ending which I think you could certainly do t….

There were two kinds of students who liked the library: those who devoured one book after another and those who savored the same book repeatedly. Now….

A raznochinets needs no memory—it is enough for him to tell of the books he has read, and his biography is done..

Writing is a bit like swimming. You learn writing by doing it and you learn swimming by doing it. Nobody learns how to swim by reading a book about s….

If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write..

To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones..

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans..

I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write..

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the….

I feel like I'm always being challenged by my voice acting roles, for multiple different reasons. I still get nervous every time I book a gig..

We are great mysteries. No matter what we imagine we may know, even for all the facts we might gather, we don't know each other. Never do, probably n….

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy..

Books are never harmless...they either strengthen us or they weaken us in our faith. Some of them do this even as they entertain us, others as they t….