“If you want to do this - either write for TV, or write books - the first thing you have to do is write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount.” IfsWantWritingFirstsMeanBookTvsAmountRidiculous Author:Josh Lieb
“I used to love 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe,' and I can still remember listening to them before I would fall asleep. I can remember the first ten minutes of the book perfectly, but whether I knew the rest of it was slightly more dicey.” FirstsStillsI CanBookRememberUsedFallMinutesListeningTenWitchLionsWardrobeUsed To LoveLion Witch WardrobeLion The Witch And The Wardrobe Author:William Moseley
“I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book.” WritingFirstsMadeBookHelpingHouseEffortColdConsciousRiversImpactCypresses Author:Michael Koryta
“Absolutely delightful, at first for its unspoiled picture of late-nineteenth-century Japan as seen through the eyes of three remarkable but very different Americans, [the missionary William Elliot Griffis [1843-1928], the scientist Edward Sylvester Morse [1838-1925], and the writer Lafcadio Hearn], and then for the marvelous reconstruction of how Japan worked on their minds, radically changing their perceptions of the country and the whole relationship between East and West--between the barbarian and the civilized. The book is a tour de force.” MindFirstsBookDifferentCountryWholeEyeThreeForceCenturyLatePerceptionScientistWestEastJapanRemarkableCivilizedMissionaryMarvelousDelightfulNineteenth CenturyBarbariansReconstructionThrough The EyesEast And West Author:Edwin O. Reischauer
“Horror hostess, bondage goddess, Charles Addams cartoon comes to life, Vampire was every first-generation fanboy's wet dream. Scott Poole takes us on an unforgettable ride through the overlapping underworlds of B&D magazines, Hollywood noir, and early political liberation movements that inspired actress Maila Nurmi to challenge a postwar culture bent on stifling women's choices, bodies, and desires. This book is a subversive masterpiece.” FirstsBookDreamBodyPoliticalDesireChoicesCultureChallengesGenerationsMovementHorrorHollywoodInspiredActressesMagazinesVampireLiberationGoddessWetBentCartoonMasterpieceBondageNoirSubversiveUnderworldUnforgettableStiflingOverlappingHostessesWet Dreams Author:Sheri Holman
“I watched the Star Wars trilogy with some good friends of mine for the first time in a few years, I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies-one of those first mashup books-and then I went to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with my family.” YearsFirstsBookWarStarsMinesPrideFirst TimeMy FamilyPrejudiceGood FriendZombieFestivalsOregonTrilogiesMashups Author:Ian Doescher
“Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and tired librarians. Like everything of importance since the invention of the cloak and the shroud, its origins are cloaked in mystery and shrouded in secrecy. Some scholars believe that the first instance of book burning occurred in the Middle Ages, when a monk was trying to illuminate a manuscript. All agree that book burning was almost non-existent during the period when books were made of stone.” TryingFirstsBelieveChildrenHas BeensMadeBookAgeSchoolMysteryMiddleCenturyPeriodsStonesImportanceAgreeTiredAtheistInventionInstanceBurningCustomsCommunistScholarCharmingMonkRivalsSecrecyMiddle AgesLibrarianFascistsAntiquityManuscriptsCloaksShroudsBook Burning Author:Richard Armour
“I've always dabbled. I've always nearly written a book, I've always tried painting, I've always tried to make something out of ideas, really. It was never a plan. I never thought, "Right. First I'll get famous, and then I'll do a book.” FirstsBookIdeasPlansWrittenPainting Author:Ricky Gervais
“When you do your first book, you're just like, "This is my work." And it's just this whole other world that you throw yourself into.” WorldFirstsBookWholeOther Worlds Author:Bryan Lee O'Malley
“Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over. There are tales that are older than most countries, tales that have long outlasted the cultures and the buildings in which they were first told.” WayFirstsLongMadeBookCountryHumanityCultureBuildingLessonsBuiltCommunicateTalesLearning Lessons Book:The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction Source: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
“For the first time I am working on a book that is not limited and that will take every bit of experience and thought and feeling that I have.” FirstsBookFeelingsBitsFirst TimeThoughts And Feelings Book:Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath Source: Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath
“When I'm writing for a book, it's much more reflective process. I have certain things that may not translate well to the stage, but, when they're on the page, people can really get into them. My first two books were aiming to be funnier, but the third was more about deep exploration. Things about being a parent and growing older that I thought would be perfect for a book.” PeopleWritingFirstsWellsMayTwoBookWould BeCertainProcessParentPerfectGrowingStagePagesThirdsExplorationTranslateGrowing OldBeing A ParentGrowing Older Author:Paul Reiser
“I really don't mind dying because I figure I haven't wasted this life. Up until my first book was published I had all this potential, people would say, and I screwed up. After it, I could say: No, I didn't screw up.” PeopleMindFirstsBookDyingHavensFiguresThis LifeScrewsScrewed UpScrew Ups Author:Robert M. Pirsig