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We're all in this game together. William Styron Novelist William Styron (born June 11, 1925) was both admired and controversial. Black activists call…
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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. Alice Walker Happy birthday, Alice Walker! The Color Purple noveli…
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Mine is not an obedient writing. I think that literature as any art has to be irreverent. Reinaldo Arenas Cuban novelist Reinaldo Arenas (born July 1…
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How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel! Dodie Smith English children's novelist Dodie Smith (born May 3, 1896) owned nine Dalmatians. While visiti…
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Everybody counts, or nobody counts. Michael Connelly Happy birthday, Michael Connelly! The award-winning novelist created this personal credo for his…
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If your feet are firmly planted on the grount you'll never be able to dance. Iris Johansen Happy birthday, Iris Johansen! It's a family affair for th…
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Forgive my asking you to use your mind. It is a thing which no novelist should expect of his reader... Owen Wister Owen Wister (born July 14, 1860) i…
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I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us. Khaled Hosseini Befo…
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Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand. Alberto Moravia Alberto M…
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In love, no question is ever preposterous. André Brink The South African novelist André Brink, born on this day in 1935, was part of a movement to u…
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Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. Edward Bulwer-Lytton English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton (born May 25, …
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I am reminded again that the greatest phrase ever written is words, words, words. Wallace Thurman Wallace Thurman (born August 16, 1902) was a noveli…
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Do for yourself, for no one else will. Johanna Lindsey Happy birthday, Johanna Lindsey! The bestselling historical romance novelist's father saw a lo…
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Do for yourself, for no one else will. Johanna Lindsey Happy birthday, Johanna Lindsey! The bestselling historical romance novelist's father saw a lo…
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They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. Tom Bodett Ha…
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Accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart. David Guterson Happy 61st birthday, David Guterson! When the nove…
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It was only a phrase that went from mouth to mouth and was never quite swallowed. Ismail Kadare Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare (born January 28, 193…
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A house is not a home until it has a dog. Gerald Durrell Gerald Durrell, who was born in India on January 7, 1925, was a British naturalist, conserva…
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My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity. Bruno Schulz April 9, 1932: Polish writer Bruno Schulz was a man of man…
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Nothing lives longOnly the earth and mountains Dee Brown Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee novelist Dee Brown (born February 29, 1908) was at home in the…
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Next to music, beer was best. Carson McCullers Novelist Carson McCullers left her Georgia home for New York and Paris, but her stories of loneliness …
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My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops? David Mitchell Happy birthday, David …
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Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it. Candace Bushnell Happy birthday, Candace Bushnell! The American novelist and …
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Shut your eyes and see. James Joyce December 6, 1902: On this day, James Joyce told his family about his marvelous London adventure with William Butl…
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I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any. Jean Rhys Caribbean novelist Jean Rhys (born August 24, 1890) is best k…
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Human nature. I don’t like human nature, but I do like human beings. Ellen Glasgow American novelist Ellen Glasgow (born April 22, 1872) marched in t…
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I consider my work optimistic in that the people, during the period I’m writing about them, are experiencing intense emotion. It is my belief that th…
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Food. Drink. Sleep. Books. They are all drugs. Fay Weldon Fay Weldon (born September 22, 1931) is a British novelist and playwright as well as a radi…
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A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. Jean Genet As a young adult, French novelist Jean Gen…
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There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them! Vicki Baum Shortly after writing her internationally bestselling Grand Hotel, Austrian n…
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We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind. Douglas Preston Happy birthday, Douglas Preston! The bestselling novelist com…
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When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story …
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Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness. Pearl S. Buck Novelist Pearl S. Buck (born June 26, 1892), author of The Good Eart…
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It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within. Eiji Yoshikawa Japanese novelist Eiji Yoshikawa (born August 1…