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Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the...

Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section. I write mainstream fiction about women.

Quote by Barbara Taylor Bradford about fiction, woman

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.

Quote by Jackie Collins about literary critic, rightness

I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.

Quote by Jackie Collins about end

I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps...

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about writing, hope

Some people manage by the book, even though they don't...

Some people manage by the book, even though they don't know who wrote the book or even what book.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, people

Between a good lover and a good book, I choose the book - it will never disappoint me. Between a dear soul and a good book, I can not choose, but I forgive myself for this infidelity. RightWords Translation

Quote by Mariana Fulger about dilemma, infidelity, good, good luck, soul

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about history, present, body, being

And he's writing a book right now that's going to be a...

And he's writing a book right now that's going to be a little bit stronger than my book. But he really went through hell to get me out of prison.

Quote by Jim Bakker about prison, hell, writing, rightness

Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's...

Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about name, nothing

Every book was the best I could do at the time I wrote...

Every book was the best I could do at the time I wrote it, and every book was a story I still care about and believe in.

Quote by Orson Scott about love, faith, time

I started to feel that I had a large problem: my comic book characters didn't exist, and none of my readers would have seen them. The Escapist existed only within the covers of this book.

Quote by Michael Chabon

Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly.

Quote by Michael Chabon about meetings

But the animation has become very good, and I think that...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about good, good luck

I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my...

I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.

Quote by Larry Hagman about commerce

For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.

Quote by Salma Hayek about present, home, character

If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your...

If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education, tests, contentment

When a student asks for a second time if you have read...

When a student asks for a second time if you have read his book report, he did not read the book.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about students, education, time, contentment

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a...

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff.

Quote by Harvey Pekar about work

Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness and why it was not something that comes about from complicated calculations.

Quote by Roger Penrose about books, mind

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished.

Quote by Harry S. Truman about books, old, olderness, death

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