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Sometimes people damage paintings or sculpture because they love it. They throw their arms around a statue in a fit of hysterical passion and it falls over.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: Arms Around Because Damage Falls Fit Hysterical Love Over Paintings Passion People Sculpture Sometimes Statue Throw

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I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: Brought Fame Money Up

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For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: Always Associated Beautiful Been Dracula Historical Me Places Travel

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I think it's important to recognise that 'The Da Vinci Code' opened up a vast new audience for a general readership interested in historical detective stories and research into history.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: Audience Code Detective General Historical History Important Interested New Opened Readership Recognise Research Stories Think Up Vast I Think

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Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: Book Every Her His Hopes Own Thing Will Writer

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No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: Book Doing External Felt Going Passionately Point Purpose Reader See Writer Written

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I love to cook and I've cooked a lot of Bulgarian food over the years.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: Cook Cooked Food Lot Love Over Years I Love

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Bulgarians eat tarator every single day in summer. They think of it as salad although we'd call it a soup. You can make it as thick or thin as you like depending on how much water you add. It's very practical in summer because yogurt cools the body faster than water, but the water hydrates you.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: Add Although Because Body Call Day Depending Eat Every Every Single Day Faster How How Much Like Make Much Practical Salad Single Single Day Soup Summer Than Thick Thin Think Very Water Yogurt You

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My publishers are wonderful because they have let me write what I wanted to. They're wise enough to know that, with any author who's not simply writing formulas - who's trying to create something new - pressuring them to do something for market purposes almost always backfires. I can't imagine working under those circumstances, actually.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: Actually Almost Always Any Author Because Circumstances Create Enough Formulas Imagine Know Market Me New Publishers Purposes Simply Something Something New Them Those Trying Wanted Wise Wonderful Working Write Writing

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I keep telling myself I should try very hard to write a novel of about 210 pages... I don't seem to be capable of it, but I keep hoping it will happen.

~Elizabeth Kostova

Topics: About Capable Happen Hard Hoping Keep Myself Novel Pages Seem Should Telling Try Very Will Write

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 26th, 1964

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