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Part of the brilliance of Stieg Larsson's books is that they are so complex, so many different facets coming together.

~David Lagercrantz

Topics: Books Brilliance Coming Complex Different Facets Many Part Together

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I want to have new challenges and write new crazy books because I think it makes me a better writer to be insecure and try new things.

~David Lagercrantz

Topics: Because Better Better Writer Books Challenges Crazy Insecure Makes Me New New Challenges New Things Things Think Try Want Write Writer I Think

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I'm from Ohio, and I wasn't one of those kids who grew up making movies or whatever, but I always wanted to write. I was probably in high school when I realized the things I was writing weren't books; they were movies, they were visual.

~David Leslie Johnson

Topics: Always Books Grew High High School Kids Making Making Movies Movies Ohio Realized School Things Those Up Visual Wanted Were Whatever Who Write Writing

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In the past, people generally believed they could acquire magic in two ways: through learning the craft, either from another practitioner or from books; or through obtaining magic from a powerful being-think Faust or the classic, demonized witch, both of whom get their mojo from Satan.

~David Liss

Topics: Acquire Another Believed Books Both Classic Could Craft Either Generally Get In The Past Learning Magic Mojo Obtaining Past People Powerful Satan Through Two Ways Whom Witch

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Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

~David Macaulay

Topics: Books Course Demanding Hard Hard Work Making More Others Some Than Work

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The U.S. has a law on the books called the debt limit, but the name is misleading. The debt limit started in 1917 for the purpose of facilitating more national debt, not reducing it. It still serves that purpose. It's unconnected to spending, hurts our credit rating and has been an abject failure at limiting debt.

~David Malpass

Topics: Abject Been Books Credit Debt Failure Hurts Law Limit Limiting Misleading More Name National National Debt Our Purpose Rating Reducing Serve Spending Started Still

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I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the subject - the cultural and sociological geography - to capture them in a way that will explain them no matter what they are doing.

~David Maraniss

Topics: Books Capture Cultural Doing Explain Focus Forces Geography Last Matter Shape Sociological Stand Subject Test Them Time Want Way Will

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I think most short story writers, at one time or another, over the course of several books, naturally skirt near the edge of one genre or another.

~David Means

Topics: Another Books Course Edge Genre Most Naturally Near One Time Over Several Short Short Story Skirt Story Think Time Writers I Think

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My books are anti-absolutist and deeply distrustful of any religious stance that precludes the validity of any other.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Any Books Deeply Other Religious Stance Validity

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Writers are so used to books being optioned and then the movie never happens.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Being Books Happens Movie Never Then Used Writers

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