You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world. Votes: 2
Jeff Bezos
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I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors. Votes: 2
Bruce Forsyth
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I was definitely meant to be a young adult author, and I love it - I'm here to stay! Votes: 2
Simone Elkeles
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I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut. Votes: 2
Louis Sachar
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I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more. Votes: 2
Madhur Bhandarkar
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Teen authors love to flirt with taboo, to grapple - sensitively - with dark and frightening issues, and there is nothing darker and more frightening than cancer. Votes: 2
Mal Peet
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Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of co*cktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an ability to find and nurture authors. Votes: 2
John Hodgman
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I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal. Votes: 2
Andrea Bocelli
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We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent. Votes: 2
Lisa Gardner
When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love. Votes: 2
Erica Jong
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing. Votes: 2
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but it's also a question of working with patience and love. Votes: 2
Michael Haneke
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Unlike the stereotypical author, I've never had a job as a short-order cook, but I love cooking hot breakfasts for lots of people, juggling the eggs and the bacon and the tomatoes and the fried potatoes and so on. Votes: 2
Garth Nix
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I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective. Votes: 2
Mallory Ortberg
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The stories I love the most are where the author has a lot of empathy for everyone. The author loves their characters and takes their situations really seriously, and you feel like you're just dropped into a different world. Votes: 2
Molly Antopol
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If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write. Votes: 2
J. K. Rowling
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I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as a teacher, journalist and author. I have loved a wonderful man for over 33 years, and I believe he loves me, too. Votes: 2
Maeve Binchy
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I became an author because I love words. I enjoyed playing with them when I was a kid, writing stories and plays, and doing whatever I could think to do with words. I kept my love of them growing up and still love to see what they can do. Votes: 2
James Howe
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For me, my core genius lies in the area of teaching and motivating. I love to do it, I do it well, and people report that they get great value from it. Another core genius is compiling and writing books. Along with my co-author Mark Victor Hansen and others, I have written, co-authored, compiled and edited more than 200 books. Votes: 2
Jack Canfield
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There's a book that I read, really a great book - it's called 'Lone Survivor' and I think they're trying to make it into a movie. I would love to play Marcus Luttrell, who was the author and the 'lone survivor.' He's a national hero; he's very courageous and heroic in insurmountable danger, so it's something I'd love to explore. Votes: 2
Jared Padalecki
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I love horror movies. I consider myself a horror author, sometimes. Votes: 0
Nick Antosca
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Liking an author may be as involuntary and improbable as falling in love. Votes: 0
C. S. Lewis
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I love an author the more for having been himself a lover of books. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport. Votes: 0
Jonathan Weeks
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. Votes: 0
Anthony Trollope
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The first step to finding a God-written love story is handing the pen to the true Author of romance. Votes: 0
Leslie Ludy
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I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story. Votes: 0
Nicholas Sparks
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It's one of the things I love most about being an author - seeing the different covers from each country. Votes: 0
Alexander Gordon Smith
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I love being an author. I love actual writing, and I love communicating with children. And it keeps me young. Votes: 0
Eve Bunting
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If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book, Votes: 0
William Godwin
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For love is of God. He is the fountain, author, parent, and commander of love; it is the sum of his law and gospel: Votes: 0
Matthew Henry
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author. Votes: 0
Paul Simon
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My reason for being an author? Because I love to write - it fulfills me. But the fact that I entertain others by doing it is a lovely bonus. Votes: 0
Chasta Schneider
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The really beautiful thing about each book of the Bible is that you can find God's love through each chapter because God is the author and God is love. Votes: 0
Jennifer Rothschild
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The Christian's God does not consist merely of a God who is the author of mathematical truths and the order of elements... But a God of love and consolation. Votes: 0
Blaise Pascal
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