“I came up in comics doing lots of DIY self-published stuff, producing my own books, handling all the details of creation and production. And theatre is something that's really attractive to me, as it's a similarly accessible form - it has a lot of the same sort of down-and dirty DIY spirit, where you can make a lot with a little.” LittlesBookSelfFormSpiritStuffMy OwnCreationDown AndProductionsDetailsTheatreDirtyAttractiveDiy Author:Fred Van Lente
“I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a book, having a live experience. That's really what I crave, and I always have done.” I CanBookDoneMomentsEnjoyMy OwnQuietMy FriendsFamily And FriendsCraveQuiet Moments Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It was really interesting to think of how different Asian and Western cultures are as a result of the kinds of agricultural practices that our ancestors used for thousands of years. The life of a Chinese peasant in the Middle Ages was so dramatically different from the life of a European peasant - night and day different.” ThinkingWritingYearsKindBookDifferentFeelingsAgeUsedNightCultureChallengesMy OwnInterestingResultsPracticeMiddleTheoryWesternChineseAncestorSurprisingAsianFarmingMiddle AgesRicePeasantsReally InterestingWestern Culture Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I always resist seeing my own personal motivation in my work, but I guess it must be there on some level. And I do feel very much that my life follows the kinds of things I talk about in my books. I've always thought of myself as an insanely lucky person, so perhaps the success of my first two books led me to want to examine this phenomenon on some unconscious level.” WantFeelsFirstsKindPersonsTwoBookMotivationMy OwnLevelsSeeingLuckyUnconsciousPhenomenonPersonal MotivationLucky Person Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I'm incredibly flattered when people tell me that my books helped them through high school. Because of my own experience, the thought that something I wrote might help someone who felt the way I did when I was a teen...that's huge. It awes me.” PeopleWayBookHelpingMightSchoolFeltMy OwnHugeHigh SchoolAweFlattered Author:Sarah Dessen
“I am senting many books for endorsement purposes, which enables me to stay relevant in my own field, and I have people that help me decide which ones I should read and endorse.” PeopleShouldBookHelpingPurposeMy OwnFieldsHelp MeRelevantEndorsements Author:Stephen Covey
“I get my ideas for books from my own kids and sometimes from other children. Often when I am telling stories I will say: I am going to make up a new story.” ChildrenBookIdeasSometimesStoriesKidsMy OwnTelling Stories Author:Robert Munsch
“Other people's creativity inspires me. Seeing great art, or reading a fab book or watching an interesting documentary or an exciting film - these things make me want to let my own imagination fly.” PeopleWantArtBookFilmReadingImaginationMy OwnInterestingCreativitySeeingInspireExcitingDocumentariesGreat Art Author:Kate Cary
“I couldn't decide on a title for my first novel and my editor came up with Everything Good Will Come. After that, I thought I should name my own books.A Bit of Difference seems just right.” ShouldFirstsBookSeemsNamesBitsDifferencesMy OwnNovelTitlesEditorsGood Will Author:Sefi Atta
“I cannot help leaving my books behind me whenever God calls me hence; but in every other respect, my own hands will be my executors.” BookHelpingHandsMy OwnBehindsLeavingGenerosityCall MeStewardshipExecutors Book:The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M. Source: The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.
“The Drama Years is filled with heart-stirring stories, just-been-there advice from recent teens and practical, actionable tips for parents. It's full of real girls talking about everything from stress and body image to love and materialism. Reading this book, I cringed in recognition of my own drama years, just wishing this book had been around back then and so grateful I'll have it as a guide for my own daughter.” YearsHeartBookRealStoriesBodyGirlReadingWishParentMy OwnTalkingAdviceDramaDaughterStressGratefulFilledGuidesPracticalsRecognitionMaterialismTeensBody ImageStirringSo GratefulReal Girl Author:Melissa Walker
“So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody else did that, I don't know why.” KnowsWritingBookCountrySongStuffMy OwnWesternChordsUkuleleCountry Western Author:John Fahey
“I don't really read children's books or deal with children's books, so I don't have any relationship with them other than my own.” ChildrenBookMy OwnDealsChildren's Books Author:Michael Ian Black
“The less you offer, the more readers are forced to bring the world to life with their own visual imaginings. I personally hate an illustration of a character on a jacket of a book. I never want to have someone show me what the character really looks like - or what some artist has decided the character really looks like - because it always looks wrong to me. I realize that I prefer to kind of meet the text halfway and offer a lot of visual collaborations from my own imaginative response to the sentences.” WorldWantLooksKindBookCharacterShowsArtistHateRealizingMy OwnReaderOffersDecidedResponseSentencesVisualsCollaborationShow MeImaginativeHalfwayJacketsIllustration Author:Jonathan Lethem
“I did not always know I would be a writer. Until I had a room of my own, I did not write much at all - no more than any other child who read a lot of books. I began to write fiction and poetry when I first had a room that was truly my own with a door that shut and some measure, however fragile, of privacy.” KnowsWritingFirstsChildrenBookWould BeMy OwnRoomsFictionDoorsPrivacyFragile Author:Marge Piercy