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I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't going to be exactly like my novel because ...more

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When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the...more

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I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writin...more

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A life without books is a thirsty life, and one without poetry is...like a life without pictures.

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If you fell outward to the limit of the universe, would you find a board fence and signs reading DEAD END? No. You might find something hard and round...more

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And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.

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I know how bad you boys feel, but the sun will still come up tomorrow. And when it does, you 'll feel better. When the sun comes up the day after tomo...more

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A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we're children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they're...more

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Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful

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God makes it all come right in the end, that's what Johnnie told Dock Barker just before we parted company. I was raised a Christian-I admit I fell aw...more

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You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe that the joy is in the journey rather than the destination no matter how many times it has b...more

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I wouldn't have missed a single minute of it, Not for the whole world.

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Alone.Yes,that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.

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It's a hard life if you don't weaken.

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A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.