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		What I love about Popsicle and the moments I can be with Camden is that their whole philosophy is family and these moments that it can create to just sit with my son, read a comic book or go outside on a hot day, take a swim and have a Popsicle treat with him.
	
	  Vanessa Lachey Vanessa Lachey
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		I remember, even in college, reading Cliffs Notes about a book and thinking to myself, 'Geez, that sounds like a good book. I should probably read it.'
	
	  Charles Bock Charles Bock
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		One of the questions I face when working on a book about a historical event is whether I should visit the actual place that I'm writing about. No matter how scrupulously maintained a historic house or battlefield may be, it is nothing like it was in the long-ago past.
	
	  Nathaniel Philbrick Nathaniel Philbrick
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		I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.
	
	  Kate DiCamillo Kate DiCamillo
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		The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
	
	  John Steinbeck John Steinbeck
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		When you write non-fiction, you sit down at your desk with a pile of notebooks, newspaper clippings, and books and you research and put a book together the way you would a jigsaw puzzle.
	
	  Janine di Giovanni Janine di Giovanni
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		Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules.
	
	  A. S. Byatt A. S. Byatt
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		I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.
	
	  Charles M. Blow Charles M. Blow
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		When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted.
	
	  Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine
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		I was a bad kid. I say this without pride but with a feeling that it is better to say it. I live with one great hope: to help kids who now stand where I stood as a boy. If what I have to say here helps even one of them avoid some of my own mistakes, or take heart from such triumphs as I have had, this book will serve its purpose.
	
	  Babe Ruth Babe Ruth
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		Because I was in the business of translating the 'X-Men' from the very successful comics, and taking the most popular book of the 20th century in 'The Lord of the Rings,' and making it into three movies, I hope people realize I wouldn't get involved in anything I didn't think was really going to be worth their while.
	
	  Ian Mckellen Ian Mckellen
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		Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.
	
	  Victor Hugo Victor Hugo