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- Nov 07, 2020
Books Quotes
On reading, writing, and what gets remembered.
Some of these lines are wry, joking that certain statements run longer than the books someone has actually read. Related: Story.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Around A.D. 930, the sages in Tiberias assembled all 24 holy books and completed the writing of the codex, the first definitive Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible. From Tiberias, the codex was taken to Jerusalem.
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my books, called 'Moscow Station,' revealed that a KGB archivist had defected from Russia to the FBI. And I knew that he was safe, and revealing this would not jeopardize him. But nevertheless, the FBI started a leak investigation.
- Nov 07, 2020
I read several books at one time.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had many of my books optioned.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel I've got 10 books in me.
- Nov 07, 2020
Controversy sells books.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the physicality of books.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if all traditional publishers had turned them down.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read a whole lot as a child, and, of course, I still read children's books.
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- Nov 07, 2020