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		Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common sense.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Garth Nix 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Jon Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				G-Eazy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a member of the 1960s generation. We didn't have any wisdom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When Chipotle asked me to take part in the Cultivating Thought program both as an author and an essay contest judge, I was excited by the idea of sharing my story through this unique channel and helping young, inspiring writers do the same. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Esquivel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		It's easier to release an ebook than a print book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. A. Konrath 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Ehrenreich 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Holes' was my favorite book ever. So you know when you love a book and you hear it's being made into a movie and it makes you a little annoyed at first? But I would've loved to play the Shia LaBeouf role in that movie when I was younger. I just wanted to be the rebellious kid on the old digging camp. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nat Wolff 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A tactic used by authors of virtually every single book I've ever read that propounds a conspiracy theory is to attack an agency as being part of a conspiracy in the Kennedy assassination, but when this same agency comes up with something favorable to the author's position, the author will cite that same agency as credible support for his argument. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vincent Bugliosi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Gibbs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine L'Engle