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I began to ask two questions while I was reading a book that excited me: not only what was going to happen next, but how is this done? How is it that these words on the page make me feel the way I'm feeling? This is the line of inquiry that I think happens in a child's mind, without him even knowing he has aspirations as a writer.

~E. L. Doctorow

Topics: Ask Aspirations Began Book Child Done Even Excited Feel Feeling Going Happen Happens He Him How Inquiry Knowing Line Make Me Mind Next Only Page Questions Reading Think Two Way While Without Words Writer I Think

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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.

~E. L. Doctorow

Topics: Anything Been Bonus Book Came Case Did Done Drafts Eight Exception Fair Few Fluent Gave God Happened Me Months Particularly Seemed Seven Six Takes Think World Write Written Years I Think

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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.

~E. L. Doctorow

Topics: Act Book Come Did Discoveries Fair Find Had Inventions Learn Myself One Of The Things Out Position Put Them Things Trust World Writer Writing

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When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.

~E. L. Doctorow

Topics: About Book Critically Doing Find First Justification Know Really Then Think Too Want Well Write Writing You

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My sense of what a book should be has changed so radically. I like to think for the better.

~E. L. Doctorow

Topics: Better Book Changed Like Radically Sense Should Think

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If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book.

~E. L. James

Topics: Again Been Book Experience First First Love Love Married Nice Through Vicariously Years You

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Everyone's clamoring for the fourth book in the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, which makes me laugh. Just the part of 'a fourth book in trilogy' that makes me laugh, not the clamoring for the next book.

~E. L. James

Topics: Book Everyone Fifty Fourth Just Laugh Makes Me Next Part Shades Trilogy Which

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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

~E. M. Forster

Topics: Always Because Book Got Long Tends Through

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'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Argument Audience Biological Book Broad Creation Diversity Earth Most Possible Presents Saving

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I don't know where I got the idea for 'The Great Thumbprint Drawing Book'; I just told my brain to think of a book, and it did.

~Ed Emberley

Topics: Book Brain Did Drawing Got Great Idea Just Know Think Where

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