It is with pain that I read of the dire effects of my book upon the minds of young girls. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes book dire effect
I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be. Mary MacLane bear Change image and share on social
The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was when I wrote that. But it is my story as I was then. Mary MacLane amusebookjoy Change image and share on social
That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole. Ron Chernow buydangerouseffect Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
Fantasy for me as a kid was real, and I had a fantasy about what life was, whether it was sort of wicked and dire, or wholly normal, or whatever. Anything really close to home is not, it seems to me, what a good book should be about. Diana Wynne Jones bookclosedire share on social
