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		Book sales and teens reading is always a fantastic thing, but we should also be celebrating and consuming the huge wealth of U.K. and U.K.-based writing and illustrating talent. Authors such as Charlie Higson, Darren Shan, Holly Smale, Tanya Byrne, Catherine Johnson, Sophie Mckenzie, to name but a few.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malorie Blackman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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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 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabrielle Zevin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. Scott Berg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Westwick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. M. G. Le Clezio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We're more interested in someone writing a really great answer that's going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam D'Angelo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jonathan Carroll 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Hoodies are definitely street wear, no doubt. It's amazing how hoodies have become such an important staple in people's wardrobes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Astbury 
			 
			
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		I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kevin Bacon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Isaac Watts 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joaquin Phoenix 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Book sales and teens reading is always a fantastic thing, but we should also be celebrating and consuming the huge wealth of U.K. and U.K.-based writing and illustrating talent. Authors such as Charlie Higson, Darren Shan, Holly Smale, Tanya Byrne, Catherine Johnson, Sophie Mckenzie, to name but a few. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malorie Blackman