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Quote by Elizabeth Kostova

“Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.”

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Elizabeth Kostova, born on December 26, 1964, is a renowned author known for her rich imagination and profound literary connotations. Her works have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

“Bulgarians eat tarator every single day in summer. They think of it as salad although we'd call it a soup. You can make it as thick or thin as you like depending on how much water you add. It's very practical in summer because yogurt cools the body faster than water, but the water hydrates you.”

Thinking Body Water Summer Add Practicals Faster Thick Soup Salad Yogurt Bulgarians

Author:Elizabeth Kostova

“I keep telling myself I should try very hard to write a novel of about 210 pages... I don't seem to be capable of it, but I keep hoping it will happen.”

Should Writing Trying Hard Seems Happens Novel Pages Capable

Author:Elizabeth Kostova

“I think it's important to recognise that 'The Da Vinci Code' opened up a vast new audience for a general readership interested in historical detective stories and research into history.”

Thinking Important Stories Audience Research Historical Code Detectives Recognise Readership Detective Stories Da Vinci Code

Author:Elizabeth Kostova

“My publishers are wonderful because they have let me write what I wanted to. They're wise enough to know that, with any author who's not simply writing formulas - who's trying to create something new - pressuring them to do something for market purposes almost always backfires. I can't imagine working under those circumstances, actually.”

Knows Writing Trying I Can Enough Wanted Purpose Wise Imagine Wonderful Circumstances Let Me Something New Formulas Publishers Backfire

Author:Elizabeth Kostova

“No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that.”

Book Purpose Felt Written Reader

Author:Elizabeth Kostova

“Sometimes people damage paintings or sculpture because they love it. They throw their arms around a statue in a fit of hysterical passion and it falls over.”

People Sometimes Fall Passion Painting Arms Fit Damage Sculpture Statues Hysterical

Author:Elizabeth Kostova

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

Writing Long Book Reading Long Book

Author:E. M. Forster

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