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Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.

~Aberjhani

Topics: African-American Among Artists Arts Association Authors Because Celebrated Cultural Known More Most Movements Names Poets Specific World

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I was very lucky to befriend many authors before even signing with an agent, and they were all so supportive of me when I told them I was in the middle of my first book.

~Adam Silvera

Topics: Agent Authors Before Befriend Book Even First Lucky Many Me Middle Signing Supportive Them Very Were

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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Anyone Authors Because Books Destination Find Given Lonely Most Numbers Talk Valuable Were Written

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Those of us who know the transporting wonder of a reading life know that it little matters where we are when we talk about books or meet authors or bemoan the state of publishing because when we read, we are always inside, sheltered in that interior room, that clean, well-lighted, timeless place that is the written word.

~Alice Mcdermott

Topics: About Always Authors Because Books Clean Inside Interior Know Life Little Matters Meet Place Publishing Read Reading Room Sheltered State Talk Those Timeless Us Where Who Wonder Word Written Written Word

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Editing is such a voyeuristic treat for me. I land on a theme and ask authors to pen works that fit the topic.

~Alison Tyler

Topics: Ask Authors Editing Fit Land Me Pen Theme Topic Treat Works

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Some authors are quite happy - and have the time - to do it all themselves, which is great.

~Allan Guthrie

Topics: Authors Great Happy Quite Some Themselves Time Which

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Like many authors, I caught the writing bug during my teenage years. I don't remember the exact day or year, but I remember that reading S.E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders' sparked my interest in writing.

~Ally Carter

Topics: Authors Bug Caught Day Exact Interest Like Many Outsiders Reading Remember Teenage Teenage Years Writing Year Years I Remember

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I am a voracious reader, so it's difficult for me to give a list of my favourite authors of all time.

~Amish Tripathi

Topics: Am Authors Difficult Favourite Give List Me Reader Time Voracious I Am

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I think some authors suffer from a need to try to prove that they're clever and educated. I try not to suffer from that. I would rather sacrifice my own narrative in the exercise of writing a biography. So I'm not worried about whether I'm clever.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: About Authors Biography Clever Educated Exercise My Own Narrative Need Own Prove Rather Sacrifice Some Suffer Think Try Whether Worried Would Writing I Think

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Homer, Vergil, Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, Proust - not exactly authors one expects to whiz through or take lightly, but like all works of genius, they are meant to be read out loud and loved.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: Authors Exactly Expects Genius Goethe Homer Lightly Like Loud Loved Meant Meant To Be Out Read Shakespeare Take Through Works

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