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“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
― Stephen Fry

“Isn't it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt the word freedom?”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Now lend me your ears. Here is Creative Writing 101:

1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a sadist. No matter sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

The greatest American short story writer of my generation was Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964). She broke practically every one of my rules but the first. Great writers tend to do that.”
― Kurt Vonnegut jr.

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

“In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.”
― Julius Caesar

“Dreams shape the world”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country

“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.”
― Federico Fellini

“Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

“Nothing happened. Nothing continued to happen. More Nothing. The Return of Nothing. Son of Nothing. Nothing Rides Again. Nothing and Abbot and Costello meet the Wolfman...”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys