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“There are people already sharing eBooks out there, .. and they do it simply because they love books. You don't buy a second copy of a book, cut the spine off, lay each page on a scanner, run that .tif through an OCR (Optical Character Reader), hand edit the resulting output for errors and then post it online if you don't love the book. it can up to 80 hours to turn a printed novel into an eBook. I figure if someone out there is willing to put in 80 hours of work promoting my book, then I'd prefer they do it in a way that gives a better return to me.”

People Ifs Way Giving Book Character Hands Running Turns Hours Novel Cutting Figures Willing Return Reader Pages Lays Errors Posts Online Copies Promoting Printed Edits Spine Output Return To Me

Author:Cory Doctorow

“You travel life has the aspect of a dream. It is something outside the normal, yet you are in it. It is peopled with characters you have never seen before and in all probability will never see again. It brings occasional homesickness, and loneliness, and pangs of longing ... But you are like the Vikings who have gone into a world of adventure, and home is not home until you return.”

World Character Home Dream Gone Loneliness Adventure Return Normal Aspect Longing Probability Occasional Vikings Homesickness

Author:Agatha Christie

“I would like to do any way possible that Howard Stark can make a return. He's such a fun character to play, and I really believe that he could make quite an exciting character to watch more of. The flawed entrepreneur, the kind of crazy playboy, from that era is an exciting concept.”

Way Believe Kind Play Character Fun Watches Crazy Return Concepts Exciting Entrepreneur Eras Flawed Starks Playboy

Author:Dominic Cooper

“But the human character, however it may be exalted or depressed by a temporary enthusiasm, will return by degrees to its proper and natural level, and will resume those passions that seem the most adapted to its present condition.”

Humans May Character Seems Passion Natural Levels History Conditions Return Degrees Enthusiasm Temporary Exalted Adapted Roman Empire Resumes

Book:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“"Why, what I may think after dinner," returns Mr. Jobling, "is one thing, my dear Guppy, and what I may think before dinner is another thing."”

Thinking May Character Interesting One Thing Return Dear Dinner Interesting Characters

Book:Novels

Source: Novels

“Whoever has character also has his typical experience, which returns over and over again.”

Character Return Typical

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“The great exception to that, of course, is Johnny Depp, who is absolutely the ultimate character actor. Johnny Depp is the future of the character actor and thanks to his success maybe we will see the return of an era when my sort of actor is back in vogue. It's not in vogue for me to be in Hollywood movies as lots of different people.”

People Different Character Courses Actors Return Hollywood Ultimate Thanks Eras Exception Different Peoples Vogue Character Actors Hollywood Movies

Author:David Suchet

“A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.”

Ifs Doe Character Facts Might Would Be Given Causes Judging Return Blow Latter Justify Jury Aggravation Verdict Pun Homicide Aggravated

Book:The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table: Every Man His Own Boswell

Source: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table: Every Man His Own Boswell

“KGBeast starts chasing our heroes in a big way, and you get the return of an old character from the mythology that I think people will be really excited to see.”

People Thinking Way Character Bigs Return Hero Excited Mythology Chasing

Author:Scott Snyder

“But in a country where you hang your dead up on walls and pride whether or not a man bears a javelin more than his character, how am I to persuade you out of a war? It would be suicide for Kildenree to war on Bayern and butchery for Bayern to attack Kildenree. If you don't believe me, then send me back. Or if you don't trust me to leave, I'll return to my little room on the west wall and tend your geese, and you can be sure that on my watch no thieves will touch my flock.”

Ifs Men Believe Littles War Country Character Would Be Rooms Watches Wall Pride Return Bears Suicide West Don't Believe Thieves Believe In Me Trust Me Flocks Don't Trust Geese Javelin Butchery

Book:The Goose Girl

Source: The Goose Girl

“I've found that the way a person feels about cats-and the way they feel about him or her in return-is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character”

Way Feels Persons Character Found Return Cat Excellent Gauges

Book:House of Night Series

Source: House of Night Series

“The inciting incident is how you get (characters) to do something. It's the doorway through which they can't return, you know. The story takes care of the rest.”

Knows Character Stories Care Return Take Care Incidents Doorways

Book:A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

Source: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life