“Reading Don Quixote can be compared to an indefinite visit from your most impossible senior relative, with all his pranks, dirty habits, unstoppable reminiscences, and terrible cronies. When the experience is over, and the old boy checks out at last (on page 846 - the prose wedged tight, with no breaks for dialogue), you will shed tears all right; not tears of relief or regret but tears of pride. You made it, despite all that 'Don Quixote' could do.” MadeLastsReadingBoysBreakImpossibleTearsRegretPrideHabitTerriblePagesChecksDialogueDespiteMade ItDirtyProseReliefRelativeShedSeniorUnstoppablePranksCronies Author:Miguel de Cervantes
“If you think reading a book is hard, you should try writing one. Because it's even harder. It's still not as hard as writing a game, though. If you discount the purely visual pop-up parts, a book is made almost entirely of words. As a novelist, you just need to think of a few decent strings of words and then fill the other 98% of the book with more or less random descriptions of things and exclamation points.” IfsThinkingNeedsShouldWritingTryingMadeStillsBookHardReadingGamesHarderPopsNovelistsDecentVisualsDescriptionStringsDiscountsExclamationExclamation Points Author:Erik Wolpaw
“If you were watching CNN, they were saying the NSA is listening to your phone calls. It's reading your emails. When you call your grandma in Arkansas, the NSA knows. All total bulls - t. They made the public more concerned about the privacy issue than the legitimate facts should have done.” IfsKnowsShouldMadeDoneFactsReadingIssuesListeningConcernedShould HavePhonesPrivacyEmailBullsGrandmaPhone CallsNsaCnnArkansas Author:Michael Morell
“Made by Hand is impossible to set down once you start reading it.” MadeHandsReadingImpossible Author:James Gurney