Sharon Bolton Quotes
On the advice of my U.K. publishers, I chose a sexless anonymity and published my first five books under the semi-pseudonym, S. J. Bolton. I was happy. I could hide behind a genderless, classless persona and let my creepy, psychological murder-mysteries speak for themselves.Sharon Bolton
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
Frances McDormand -
All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
Patricia Reilly Giff -
I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
Rabih Alameddine -
I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner -
I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
Samantha Shannon -
I'm a big reader, so when I was in 'Pride and Prejudice,' or, like, in Poirots and Marples, those are all books that I loved, and so it was really exciting for me to inhabit characters from literature that I knew and recognized.
Talulah Riley
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell -
Travel teaches as much as books.
Youssou N'Dour -
Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
Karin Slaughter -
There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.
Irwin Redlener -
Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
Patricia Cornwell
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
Taslima Nasrin -
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
Orson Scott Card -
I collect books - a lot of books.
Kate Spade -
To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It means my books are legitimate.
Karen Robards -
'Harry Potter' made it cool to read children's fiction, and 'Twilight' did the same for a slightly older age group. What I'm seeing is mothers and daughters who love to read the same books.
L.A. Weatherly -
I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.
Gary Shteyngart
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I like to write books and cause trouble.
Heather Brooke -
I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
Malala Yousafzai -
We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism-if we can stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, serving people who are suffering from the worst inequities. ... You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.
Bill Gates -
Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
On the advice of my U.K. publishers, I chose a sexless anonymity and published my first five books under the semi-pseudonym, S. J. Bolton. I was happy. I could hide behind a genderless, classless persona and let my creepy, psychological murder-mysteries speak for themselves.
Sharon Bolton