A. N. Wilson Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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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 really tend to write in retrospect.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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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.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
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I was always falling in love at a very young age - kindergarten is when I can remember. There was always a crush. And when I was in sixth grade, I started picking up guitar, so I started wanting to write about it and sing about it.
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I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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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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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
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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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Conception of a film starts with the music. Always. I hear the movie before I can ever write it. I would say that 80% of the time, that's the successful stuff. It's the other stuff I have to work for to get right, and sometimes it doesn't work out, but the music is always the beginning. So I'm still a music journalist.
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Oh! write, write. Finish it at once. Let there be an end of this suspense. Fix, commit, condemn yourself.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries...
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The streams, rejoiced that winter's work is done, Talk of to-morrow's cowslips as they run.
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I don't write books inadvertently.
