Susan Straight Quotes
I have more than 100 legal pads filled with handwriting. Eight novels, two books for children, countless stories and essays.
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So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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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.
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Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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I have great admiration for the fact – checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact – checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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I don't write books inadvertently.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
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The wise are above books.
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Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.
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I have more than 100 legal pads filled with handwriting. Eight novels, two books for children, countless stories and essays.
