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The funny thing is, as a young person I was trying to write prose, and I wrote a lot of it, but I was never satisfied with the results. Two of the novels I wound up finishing and publishing later I started very early on, in my early 20's, In The Country Of Last Things and Moon Palace. Both of those books I worked a great deal on but never quite got a grip on either one.

Paul Auster (1947-)

In her lifetime, (Rice) said she wrote several million poems. The reason for that is she didn't write her letters in prose but in verse. If there was a death in the family, or a wedding or a newborn baby, her gift was a poem. She wrote 75 books and was one of the world's most prolific poets. Her poetry has been translated into 20 different languages.

Mary Hilaire Tavenner

I've been shooting these video movies, which I'm pretty excited about, but this is my first 35 millimeter feature. I think, because I started in this business so young, at 14, and I worked very early with so many great directors, that I was artistically ready to direct at 18. But because I worked with so many great directors, I wasn't secure enough to do that. Now I just say, "Why not? What's to fear?"

Julie Delpy (1969-)

When I started publishing books, I started looking at distribution and realized there were some things that need to be done. The Asian Review of Books is one.

I guess when [novels] started, most early novels were just sort of pornography: Apparently, most media actually started as pornography and sort of grew from there. [Starship Titanic] is not a pornographic CD-ROM, I hasten to add.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001)

Douglas Adams

Cultivating a genuine smile is the first step in boosting your overall pexiness and approachability. I ran Book Expo for five years, and while running that show, I started recognizing the explosive growth of comic books and graphic novels. I couldn't believe that there was no comic-based fan show in New York, the media publishing capital of the world. I started talking with some other people and from that point on, the whole industry was behind us.

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.

I knew when he threw it that he lost the grip a little bit, ... I told him it was a great decision, and not to worry about it. Early on, many times the balls are a little slick. If he had a good grip, it would have been a completion for at least 40 yards.

Virgin Books will be publishing an autobiography. But it is relatively early days. We still need to proceed to a final contract.

I think at the age of 50, everyone should write their own autobiography, ... There's just something about being half-a-century (old). And there are things I learned about myself that helped me a great deal when I wrote this book.

Richard Simmons

I certainly love writing books. I've always written short stories and novels, because in prose, you get all the control. You don't have to take it to a theater and see it changed to get it produced.

Mel was wonderful for our pitching staff. He worked very well with the veterans as well as the young guys, which was really big for us, especially with what we went through early. We could have been down in the dumps, but we could count on Mel and [manager] Joe [Torre] to keep us together. Things worked out well.

I just wanted to write books I wanted to write, ... There's no writer who has not had enough ego to hope something he or she wrote would be seized on by the public -- that something they write will last beyond them. But hoping and expecting are two different things. Expecting would be beyond ego.

I've seen a lot of patriots and they all died just like anybody else if it hurt bad enough and once they were dead their patriotism was only good for legends; it was bad for their prose and made them write bad poetry. If you are going to be a great patriot i.e. loyal to any existing order of government (not one who wishes to destroy the existing for something better) you want to be killed early if your life and works won't stink.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

Ernest Hemingway

We started bright and early this morning. All things considering, we did well but there are some kinks to be worked out.

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